eyewitness

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Andrew Malkinson was arrested within weeks of the incident and later convicted, spending 17 years in jail on the basis of mistaken eyewitness evidence.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

For example, errors in memory or suggestive questioning during eyewitness interviews can influence how events are remembered.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

We know that eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Video from the scene did not clearly capture the alleged attack, and Bovino was the only Border Patrol official who testified as an eyewitness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

Using an outline updating the 1938 script, the station’s deejay and news reporters ad-libbed eyewitness accounts of a Martian attack.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow