FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eyewitness Identification, Nuclear Dna, Serial Killer
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Opinions offered as expertise that has little or no probative value since it is based on bad science. Hard science vs. soft science (behavioural science) 75% of wrongful convictions overturned due to dna based on faulty eyewitness identification. Problems include cross-race effect; age of eyewitness; photo line-up procedure; limits of human memory. You can"t call an expert witness give any expert evidence in ontario. Courts have been utterly ineffective in screening problematic forensic testimony Part of the problem is human process, depending on what information is given, two people could make different conclusions. British mistake raymond easton 2000 (person who robbed the apartments - spiderman) Peter hamkin pub bartender in liverpool 2003 (serial murder italian)
