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grandmotherofdragons t1_jdxsk25 wrote

Memory is incredibly fickle and false memories are very easy to implant by police. Police were convinced he was the rapist, and she believed that he was the man and even began to think that she HAD recognized him. It was a memory error from a victim of rape by a stranger. People are really bad at remembering details of traumatic events, especially when the perpetrator was a stranger, and especially when the perpetrator was of a different race from the victim.

This is why we should never rely on shaky evidence like these types of eyewitness testimonies.

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