Key question Crim + Cog

• Key question (Crim + Cog)?

  Is eyewitness testimony appropriate to use as evidence in court?
• Key question (Crim + Cog ) A01

  • Can lead to huge costs in tax payers money
  • if eyewitnesses are inaccurate and wrong person convicted they are more likely to commit crime
  • 84 people wrongly convicted between 2007-2017
  • 41% of miscarriage of justice cases are due to unreliable eyewitness testimony