Eyewitness

Why Eyewitness Memory Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be (Part I)

Sam Sommers | Posted 10.30.2011

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Sam Sommers

Few moments in a courtroom are as compelling to a jury as seeing a confident witness point out a defendant and say, "that's the man I saw at the crime scene."

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N.J. Supreme Court Orders Changes To Use Of Eyewitness Evidence

AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 10.24.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's highest court ordered changes Wednesday to the way eyewitness identifications are used, saying the current system i...

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Supreme Court To Take Up Question Of Eyewitness Evidence For First Time In 34 Years

New York Times | Posted 10.22.2011

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In November, the Supreme Court will return to the question of what the Constitution has to say about the use of eyewitness evidence. The last time the...

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Mo Willems, Dan Yaccarino, Dan Santat And 13 Other Illustrators Give 'Eyewitness Reports' Of A Fictional Event (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Eyewitness Reports" is a charity auction of 37 pieces of original art by some of the best children's book artists today. The auction proceeds will be...

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Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stefan Sirucek

The reason November 9 -- the day the Berlin Wall fell -- is not a national holiday in Germany, is that it also marks a much darker anniversary: Kristallnacht, the so-called "Night of Broken Glass."

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Signs of Intelligent Life: Group Smarts

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gerald Sindell

When someone speaks, how long will it take for you to make a judgment about their knowledge, their communication skills, and even their intelligence?

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Eyewitness Identifications Lead to Wrongful Convictions

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Terzano

The alarming number of false identifications uncovered by this report confirms what researchers have been repeating for years - eyewitness evidence is highly prone to error.

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A Governor is a Governor Isn't a Governor: Palin's 2006 Campaign From the Ground

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eliot Schrefer

Over 40% of Alaskans live in Anchorage. You win the state by winning a city, and not even a large one (it's got one Barnes & Noble -- one of the state's two).

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