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    The Great Engine that Couldn't: Science, Mistaken Identifications, and the Limits of Cross-Examination

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    Journal article
    Date
    2007
    Author
    Esptein, Jules
    Subject
    Cross-examination
    Eyewitness
    Mistaken identification
    Witness
    Evidence
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/6739; http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6721
    
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    Abstract
    Wigmore's assertion that cross-examination is the greatest engine for the search for the truth comes with a caveat: it works best for the untruthful witness, or for eliciting facts known to the witness but not acknowledged on direct examination. In the typical eyewitness-based prosecution, neither condition obtains. The eyewitness is not untruthful but may be mistaken; and eyewitnesses do not know the factors [weapons focus, the deleterious effect of stress on eyewitness accuracy, the problem of "own-race bias" in cross-racial crimes] that may have caused the mistake. This article traces cross-examination to its origins and demonstrates that its utility (as originally intended and as developed over centuries) is limited in eyewitness cases. The article concludes that other tools - better jury instructions, and the use of expert witnesses - are essential to ensure a complete search for truth in identification cases.
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    Jules Epstein. The Great Engine that Couldn’t: Science, Mistaken Identifications, and the Limits of Cross-Examination. 36 Stetson L. Rev. 727 (Spring, 2007).
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    Stetson University College of Law
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    Stetson Law Review, Vol. 36
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