Memory is incredibly fickle and false memories are very easy to implant by police. Police were convinced he was the rapist, and she believed that he was the man and even began to think that she HAD recognized him. It was a memory error from a victim of rape by a stranger. People are really bad at remembering details of traumatic events, especially when the perpetrator was a stranger, and especially when the perpetrator was of a different race from the victim.
This is why we should never rely on shaky evidence like these types of eyewitness testimonies.
grandmotherofdragons t1_jdxsk25 wrote
Reply to comment by KenTheAlbino in N.Y. to pay $5.5 million to man exonerated in writer Alice Sebold rape case by OutsideObserver2
Memory is incredibly fickle and false memories are very easy to implant by police. Police were convinced he was the rapist, and she believed that he was the man and even began to think that she HAD recognized him. It was a memory error from a victim of rape by a stranger. People are really bad at remembering details of traumatic events, especially when the perpetrator was a stranger, and especially when the perpetrator was of a different race from the victim.
This is why we should never rely on shaky evidence like these types of eyewitness testimonies.