Eyewitness misidentifications have long been a source of wrongful convictions, casting doubt on the reliability of memory in the courtroom. But UC San Diego psychologist John Wixted says the story ...

"If you see something, say something." That's a powerful message, one that encourages all of us upstanding citizens to come forward and help police prevent or solve crimes. Things that, in years past, ...

Eyewitness memory is not entirely reliable. This unreliability can derive from inherent limitations in the perception of criminal acts (including relative darkness, brevity of exposure, and occlusion ...

Eyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations such as the Innocence Project suggest it was a key piece of information in as many as 75% of wrongful convictions ...

A reluctant witness testified Tuesday she had no memory of seeing Keith Daniel shot outside her then-Gary apartment near 6th Avenue and Maryland Street. Joseph T. Durden, 36, of Indianapolis is on ...

Eyewitness memory remains a cornerstone of criminal investigations and courtroom decisions, yet it is inherently fallible. Human memory operates through encoding, storage and retrieval processes that ...

Charles Don Flores on Texas Death Row in 2021. A California psychology professor says new research on memory suggests witness testimony casts doubt on the guilt of a Texas man on death row — long ...

The magicians' criticism of the "investigative hypnosis" used on a key witness in a murder trial did not persuade the Supreme ...

Kelly Dever, a controversial witness in the Karen Read murder retrial who testified to having a “false memory,” has resigned from the Boston Police Department. Dever’s resignation became effective on ...