During my Evidence course, and many times since, I proposed to prohibit eyewitness testimony without corroborating physical evidence. At least, I think, I did.
In one quarter of the exonerations of murderers on death row, by DNA identification, the defendant falsely confessed to the murder. What really happened was that the police implanted a false memory. They even provided details only the murderer could know, not in the media.
I even saw a brochure continuing legal education with course on how to implant false memories in jurors. At least, I think, I did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_implantation
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