Eyewitness : Unreliable Evidence

Campbell, Jennifer (producer). Kelley, Mark (journalist). Werle, Randy (director). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Kelley, Mark. (Cast).

Summary: It's one of the justice system's little secrets. Take a selective and sometimes deceptive memory, add flawed police procedures, and witnesses will identify the wrong person - but no one knows how often. Not convinced? Well then, you be the eyewitness. This program starts with a staged shooting - an experiment to test the weakness of eyewitness testimony conducted by Dr. Rod Lindsay who studies eyewitness memory. After the "shooting", students are asked to identify the shooter. Some remember nothing but the shock of the event; others offer detailed descriptions, but it's hard to believe they saw the same person. Lindsay states that best estimates put the number of innocent people convicted based on identification error in Canada at 40 to 300 individuals per year. What role does standard police procedures have in this alarming statistic? What can be done to reduce the chance of misidentification?

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (22 min 34 sec)
remote
video
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2003

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer: Campbell, Jennifer ; Director: Werle, Randy.
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Kelley, Mark.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/f46b791a-1a25-450a-a8f5-e609d096370b
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	CBC/Radio Canada has perpetual access rights to this streaming content.
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation