The problem is clear: the unreliability of eyewitness ident… - Elizabeth Loftus

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The problem is clear: the unreliability of eyewitness identification evidence poses one of the most serious problems in the administration of criminal justice and civil litigation.

Elizabeth Loftus

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Elizabeth F. Loftus (born 1944) is an American psychologist and expert on human memory.

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Birth Name: Elizabeth Fishman

Native Name: Elizabeth F. Loftus

Alternative Names: Loftus

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Memory works like a Wikipedia page: You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.

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