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by saint_fiasco 4020 days ago
Isn't eye witness testimony even more dubious?

It's possible the jury wouldn't have convicted him on eye witness testimony alone, but the fact that the physical "scientific" evidence agreed made it seem more legitimate.

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Eye witness testimony, especially for cross-racial identification, is very dubious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect#Cross-race_i...