LogFAQs > #893368450

From an ideological perspective I think eyewitness testimony should be enough to convict, if it's reliable. I just have doubts about its reliability in many circumstances.

Like, I saw a case where a guy shot up an arcade. Afterwards, three people saw him leaving the scene of the crime, still holding the rifle. Each of the three people recognized him as someone they knew from the neighborhood, with a distinctive gait, and they positively identified him by name to the police. That guy is 100% guilty, lock him up.

But I also saw a drive-by shooting case where several friends are hanging out on their front porch at midnight. Car drives up, the passenger says "what's up," then pulls out a gun and starts firing. Everyone scatters. Later, two of the surviving victims identify defendant as the shooter. Defendant is convicted. That I don't buy at all; even assuming the witnesses are perfectly genuine and honest, I don't trust a glimpse of a stranger's face for a couple seconds at night.
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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}