RLS: Eyewitness Accounts

First Order Knowledge Claims
-"More than 70% of the convictions that have been overturned through DNA testing nationwide involved eyewitnesses who got it wrong"
-"Scores of scientific studies over the decades have shown that eyewitnesses are often inaccurate"
-"To its credit, the Philadelphia Department has incorporated many of the reforms"
-"That would ease pressure on eyewitnesses to make an identification even if they are not confident in their selection"
-"Some basic police department reforms could help reduce eyewitness misidentification"

 Second Order Knowledge Claims
-The statistics that 70% of conviction that have been overturned due to faulty eyewitnesses is trusted because it is believed that statistical data is quantifiable and accurate.
-The fact that trials have been accurately overturned thanks to DNA testing relies on trusting that the testing and the application of the scientific method to achieve those results are reliable evidence because every person has a unique set of DNA.
-The knowledge that telling an eyewitness that the suspect may or may not be guilty relies on the knowledge of how different scenarios affect human psychology. It also assumes that every person will be less stressed if they are told that statement before they make their declaration. (makes assumption based on knowledge about human psychology and how it reacts to different scenarios)

 Knowledge Question
-Can scientific evidence and data collection also be affected by an individual's perspective/sense of perception?
-To what extent can someone's memory be trusted?

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