argument 2

• what are ethical implications for this argument?

  research such as Rattner (1988)
• what does Rattner's research say?

  reviewed 205 cases of wrongful arrest & found 52% cases wrongful arrest was due to EWT
• what project looks at EW misidentification?

  Innocence project
• what else does the innocence project claim?

  eyewitness misidentification single greatest cause of wrongful convictions in USA, playing role in more than 75% convictions subsequently overturned thru DNA testing
• what are some social implications for this argument?

  most worrying thing of wrongful testimony is leads to wrongful conviction so real perpetrator allowed to remain free & therefore able to offend again = worry society