court. we have consistently lost the case as it s been presented in the public realm on tv and elsewhere. you know what caught my attention, the debate is happening more and more. the exact idea that there is new science. in fact the supreme court will hear a case this fall about memory and eyewitness testimony. first time they ve reviewed this issue in 34 years. now enfir dysart is a psychologist. she prepared testimony to give the georgia parole board on behalf of troy davis, although in the end she was not called. she joins me from new york. thanks for joining us, good morning. good morning, my pleasure. you know, i found this whole situation fascinating, as many people did around the world. let me ask as a starting point, you know, in a situation like this where someone has witnessed or potentially witnessed a crime, what does affect their memories or their perceptions? yes. there are two major categories of information that can influence a witness reliability an
we have consistently won the case as it s been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as it s been presented in the public realm on tv and elsewhere. you know what caught my attention, the debate is happening more and more, this exact idea that there is new science, in fact, the supreme court will hear a court this case about memory and eyewitness testimony, the first time they ve reviewed this issue in 34 years. jennifer dysart is a psychologist. as she prepared testimony to give the georgia parole board, although in the end she was not called and joins me now from new york. thanks for joining us. good morning. good morning, my pleasure. you know, i found this whole situation fascinating as many people did around the world. let me ask as a starting point, in a situation where someone has potentially witnessed a crime what does affect their memories or perceptions? yes, there are two major categories of information that can influence a witness reliabi
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