Judicial Understanding of the Reliability of Eyewitness Evidence: A Tale of Two Cases

One of the most significant consequences of the use of post-conviction DNA testing in the criminal justice system has been the growing recognition that eyewitness identification testimony is simply not as reliable as it was previously considered to be. In approximately 75% of DNA exonerations in the...

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Main Author: Lirieka Meintjes-van der Walt
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2016-06-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.assaf.org.za/per/article/view/1247/1271