Citing the vagaries of human memory and a host of other factors, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday changed the rules for trial judges and juries considering eyewitness identification of suspects in ...

With about 200 innocent people across the country convicted on the basis on mistaken eyewitness testimony, changes are happening in police departments to get better identifications, speakers said ...

Eyewitness identification remains a pivotal yet complex facet of criminal investigations and legal proceedings. Research in this area spans from the cognitive processes underlying face recognition to ...

In its latest attempt to define questions surrounding the admissibility of expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identification, the New York Court of Appeals has affirmed that trial ...

In previous posts on this page and elsewhere (e.g., Sharps, 2022, 2024), we have seen that eyewitness memories of crimes and suspects can be altered after the fact as time goes by and as witnesses ...

Science has provided an increasingly clear picture of the inherent limits in human visual perception and memory that can lead to errors in eyewitness identification. While the law enforcement ...

The first homicide of the year in Indianapolis has left a 17-year-old young man dead and his family searching for answers.

UPDATE (5/7/2025): Senate Bill 141 was signed into law by Governor Mike Braun on May 1. (WXIN/WTTV) — When police roll up on a crime scene, the first people they seek out are eyewitnesses to explain ...