Eyewitness Testimony Case Study

Examining the entire case and comparing psychological perspective with the eyewitness testimony and that reason for the false confession, I concluded that, the victim husband was under the stress creating due to the trauma of been witness of such horrible crime and the loss of his love one. Other factors such as the weapon effect in which a person pay more attention to the weapon than faces, colors or any other details. In addition, the time crime occurs, the lightness of that location, and that fact that the perpetrator approaches the victim from behind were significant factor for a person to be confused about what real happen during the crime and certainly identify a perpetrator.

Another important fact the witness can be influence by the

investigator because of what the said and how the questions are presented to the witness. The average time between the crime and the trial could be months to years, it’s important to consider if the information from the witness testimony it’s in fact accurate, because someone may forget some important details of the case. Line ups for example shows that a person can be easy confuses if everyone in the lineup look almost the same.
This case confirms that a conviction in a case cannot be 100 % determined based on eyewitness testimony. Therefore, eyewitness testimony could be admissible but should be in addition with other evidences in the case such as a well-done police investigation to clarify any doubts, investigators needs to ensure they asks neighborhoods, revised crime scene for details that may be omitted, during the initial search , DNA, can make a big different in a case outcome even if there’s a person arrested and that confess a crime, it’s necessary to confirm the person version to ensure that this confession maybe based on intimidation techniques by outsiders of or the law enforcements.
Someone under extreme stress of under physical punishment can confess to something they did not commit, especially young people, or people with no knowledge of the laws can waive their rights of a lawyers because they simple don’t know as to when can they asks for a lawyer. This case is an example of multiples others cases in where someone can be sentence of a crime they did not committed , happen in the past and if the Criminal Justice systems do not revised their laws for and ensure that the cases are properly investigated , more injustices like this one will continues happen.