Re: [Phys-l] Memory and how it works

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Sorry, but the fact is that Appellate Courts in the US continue to affirm 
such convictions, usually by claiming that there is convincing supporting 
evidence.  As a Asssistant Public-Defender I went through the hassle in at 
least one such case which got 3 (out of the necessary 4 votes) to be heard 
in the U. S. Supreme Court.  I can find the citations if anyone is really 
interested.
	Moral: John seems to have an unrealistically romantic view of the 
US criminal justice system.

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, John Clement wrote:

> No, they bring in a PhD cognitive scientist.  And they will get exactly what
> is in this article as testimony from an expert.  In the future any
> prosecutor who uses the wrong method of identifying suspects such as lineups
> or showing more than 1 photo at a time will have experts breathing down
> their necks.
>
> Actually many traditional methods of identifying suspects have not been
> scientifically proven.  How reliable are fingerprints, or ballistics?
> Lineups are actually not very reliable.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
> > Not with this article, before any self-repecting judge who would sustain
> > a hearsay objection to such testimony.
> >  			Regards,
> >  				Jack
> >
> > "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
> >  		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
> >  		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> >
> > > This is "in the news".  Defense attorneys now can contest eye witness
> > > testimony scientifically.
> > >
> > > bc
> > >
> > > This is old:
> > >
> > > http://agora.stanford.edu/sjls/Issue%20One/fisher&tversky.htm
> > >
> > > IIRC, this is the subject of a current (or very recent) article in
> > > the NYer.
>
>
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