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Quote from: Kalen Braley on April 17, 2021, 04:17:58 PMI agree in concept with Niall,I'm not casting any aspersions on Gene, but reliability issues with "eyewitness accounts" is a very well researched and documented topic. I have a brother and a brother-in-law and 1 other friend who are police officers, and they have indicated similar when gathering evidence for an incident. Its a big reason why we have replay and review in pretty much every sport now...https://www.ncsc.org/trends/monthly-trends-articles/2017/the-trouble-with-eyewitness-identification-testimony-in-criminal-cases#:~:text=Research%20has%20found%20that%20eyewitness%2Didentification%20testimony%20can%20be%20very%20unreliable.&text=Although%20witnesses%20can%20often%20be,most%20unreliable%20forms%20of%20evidence.big difference between generally and a specific case.
I agree in concept with Niall,I'm not casting any aspersions on Gene, but reliability issues with "eyewitness accounts" is a very well researched and documented topic. I have a brother and a brother-in-law and 1 other friend who are police officers, and they have indicated similar when gathering evidence for an incident. Its a big reason why we have replay and review in pretty much every sport now...https://www.ncsc.org/trends/monthly-trends-articles/2017/the-trouble-with-eyewitness-identification-testimony-in-criminal-cases#:~:text=Research%20has%20found%20that%20eyewitness%2Didentification%20testimony%20can%20be%20very%20unreliable.&text=Although%20witnesses%20can%20often%20be,most%20unreliable%20forms%20of%20evidence.