Assertion: eyewitness's identification | /r/HasProperty | accurate
Facets:
value: more likely
type: DEGREE
value: under proper testing conditions
type: OTHER
value: surprisingly
type: DEGREE
value: as flipping a coin
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: When they testify at trial, eyewitness identification experts don't usually opine as to whether the identifications in that case are accurate.
text: In my opinion, there’s less than a 50% chance that Delores’s identification is accurate.
text: Research has shown that the confidence of an eyewitness is the principal determinant of whether or not jurors will believe that an eyewitness made an accurate identification (Lindsay, Wells, and, Rumpel).
text: For instance, one study showed that a person’s identification of someone they saw under full moonlight was only as accurate as flipping a coin — which is to say, not at all.
text: Compounding the problem is that not only do jurors fail to appreciate the significance of poor witness viewing, but they also depend on dubious factors to decide whether an identification or account is accurate.
text: However, understanding the information value of eyewitness confidence under pristine testing conditions can help the criminal justice system to simultaneously achieve both of its main objectives: to exonerate the innocent (by better appreciating that initial, low-confidence suspect identifications are error prone) and to convict the guilty (by better appreciating that initial, high-confidence suspect identifications are surprisingly accurate under proper testing conditions).
text: This occurs regardless of whether the witnesses’ identification was accurate or not.
text: There are some situations where identification is more likely accurate.
text: -Not only will the jury assume that this identification is accurate, but they will also assume that the victim was confident about the initial description (during crime) and identification of the perpetrator (during investigation)
text: •Eyewitness confidence is one of the most compelling reasons why jurors believe such identifications are accurate •Confidence is not a good predictor of accuracy •Eyewitnesses tend to be overconfident
text: Thus, although quick identifications are more likely to be accurate, more research is needed before a rule can be implemented by justice officials.