When crimes occur, police and investigative officers rely on eyewitness from people that were close to the crime scene. Eyewitnesses then rely on their memories of what occurred during the crime. An eyewitness recalls the event they might give the wrong information and details of what happened because our memories are not perfect and the identifications that eyewitness make can be fallible. Eye witness is important to investigators because they can identify suspects and provide crucial information that is not seen by everyone, but their testimonies can have significant consequences to people. An example of this would be the wrong conviction of Francisco Carrillo. In his ted talk Scott Fraser “Why eyewitnesses get it wrong” he explains why eyewitnesses
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The textbook also discusses how eyewitness misidentifications were the single most noteworthy reason for defective proof. An example of this would be the 250 cases which caused the conviction of many innocent people. To avoid eyewitness misidentifications and wrongful convictions, the book suggests that law enforcements to use psychological research such as double blind procedures. The double-blind procedure is a lineup in which neither the police administrator nor the eyewitness knows who the suspect is. This keeps the overseer of the lineup from giving coincidental or deliberate verbal or nonverbal signs to impact the witness to pick the suspect and reduces the effect of bias. These procedural changes are to enhance the accuracy of eyewitness distinguishing proof and identification among suspects. These changes have been acknowledged by the police and criminal investigations show that because of the decline of witness errors. In the ted talk “Why eyewitnesses get it wrong” by Scott Fraser, he proposes that criminal investigations need to utilize scientific research to find proof as opposed to using the eyewitness report alone to help maintain wrongful convictions. Fraser also suggests combining science with the law system to shape a more logical law system and that every one of us should be mindful excessively trust in our memories. The justice system will be fair if criminal investigations utilize psychological researches that way innocent people would not be jailed, and the right people would get punished for their
The textbook also discusses how eyewitness misidentifications were the single most noteworthy reason for defective proof. An example of this would be the 250 cases which caused the conviction of many innocent people. To avoid eyewitness misidentifications and wrongful convictions, the book suggests that law enforcements to use psychological research such as double blind procedures. The double-blind procedure is a lineup in which neither the police administrator nor the eyewitness knows who the suspect is. This keeps the overseer of the lineup from giving coincidental or deliberate verbal or nonverbal signs to impact the witness to pick the suspect and reduces the effect of bias. These procedural changes are to enhance the accuracy of eyewitness distinguishing proof and identification among suspects. These changes have been acknowledged by the police and criminal investigations show that because of the decline of witness errors. In the ted talk “Why eyewitnesses get it wrong” by Scott Fraser, he proposes that criminal investigations need to utilize scientific research to find proof as opposed to using the eyewitness report alone to help maintain wrongful convictions. Fraser also suggests combining science with the law system to shape a more logical law system and that every one of us should be mindful excessively trust in our memories. The justice system will be fair if criminal investigations utilize psychological researches that way innocent people would not be jailed, and the right people would get punished for their