RT Article
T1 Perceptions and credibility: Understanding the nuances of eyewitness testimony
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 27
IS 2
SP 183
OP 203
A1 O'Neil Hermer, Lauren
A1 Hoffman, Ashley
A1 Rose, Karen C.
A2 Hoffman, Ashley
A2 Rose, Karen C.
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1912649241
AB Of the first 225 exonerations of wrongfully convicted individuals in the United States by the Innocence Project, 77% were based on mistaken eyewitness identifications. Given the mounting evidence on reliability issues surrounding eyewitness testimony, coupled with the fact that forensic evidence is neither infallible nor always available, it becomes important to better understand how jurors use these different types of evidence in their decision making. The current research seeks to fill avoid in the literature by evaluating the influence of eyewitness testimony on case outcomes while accounting for other types of evidence (e.g., DNA). Although the results underscore the value of forensic DNA evidence, they also highlight the importance of eyewitness testimony in juror decision making. In fact, both pretrial perceptions of the reliability of eyewitness evidence and the credibility of an eyewitness during trial significantly impact the desired verdict for jurors above and beyond other types of evidence. Implications for case processing and avenues for future research are discussed.
K1 Eyewitness testimony
K1 types of e idence
K1 Jury decision-making
DO 10.1177/1043986211405886