Assertion: eyewitness | /r/CapableOf | identify suspect
Facets:
value: confidently
type: MANNER
value: correctly
type: MANNER
value: before the crime
type: TEMPORAL
value: from a lineup
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Specifically, eyewitnesses are commonly given confirming feedback after they identify a suspect.
text: If the eyewitness identifies the suspect, then the investigation of that suspect is likely to progress.
text: In cases where the eyewitness knew the suspect before the crime, issues of the reliability of memory are usually not contested.
text: Eyewitnesses identified fillers or other suspects, or no one at all, or they described being unsure.
text: The U.S. legal system increasingly accepts the idea that the confidence expressed by an eyewitness who identified a suspect from a lineup provides little information as to the accuracy of that identification.
text: In the court of law, this aspect of whether the eyewitness paid much attention to facial features to be able to correctly identify a suspect becomes somewhat of an issue.
text: If confidence really is a strong indicator of accuracy, the researchers reasoned, eyewitnesses who were more certain of their choice should be more likely to identify the suspects who also had abundant corroborating evidence, and eyewitnesses who double-guessed themselves should be less accurate.
text: When a legal team presents an eyewitness who can confidently identify the suspect and confirm that they saw them commit a crime, jurors are compelled to believe them.