This is undoubtedly what happened to the West Memphis Three. " It’s appropriate that Loftus is both a professor of psychology and law because this has major implications in our criminal justice system. It’s remarkably easy for police interrogators, for instance, to implant false memories or to subtly change the memories of an eyewitness or even the accused. It probably isn’t done deliberately in most cases, but it goes on quite regularly and is undoubtedly responsible for many false convictions."
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:15:35 +0000