Eyewitness Identification Expert Testimony at Trial Leads to Not Guilty

Eyewitness Identification Expert Dr. Geoffrey R. Loftus is a Professor at the University of Washington in  Seattle.  For 50 years, Dr. Loftus has been studying human perception and memory.  On January 24, 2017, Dr. Loftus flew to Chicago to testify as an eyewitness identification expert in a trial at the 26th Street court house in Chicago.  Chicago criminal...

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Eyewitness Identification – Watershed Decision Identifies Fallibility of Eyewitness Identifications

People of the State of Illinois v. Eduardo Lerma, No. 118496.

Editor’s Note –  This is an Illinois Supreme Court Opinion.

The issue is whether, in light of the specific facts and circumstances of this case, the circuit court of Cook County abused its discretion...

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Eyewitness Identification – Watershed Decision Identifies Fallibility of Eyewitness Identifications

People of the State of Illinois v. Eduardo Lerma, No. 118496.

Editor’s Note –  This is an Illinois Supreme Court Opinion.

The issue is whether, in light of the specific facts and circumstances of this case, the circuit court of Cook County abused its discretion...

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