A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime. must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

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Bubbles

20 January, 07:01

A witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime. must you believe that the testimony is valid when a witness testifies so forcefully?

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Seamus Howe · Answer 1

If a witness on the stand swears that he saw someone commit a crime, and they testify so forcefully, the answer as to whether you must believe that the testimony is valid is the following one:

No, because there is a great possibility of a "false positive" identification.

This means that this person thinks they are 100% sure they know who committed this crime, when in fact, they may not be correct and may be wrong in the end.