Challenging Quote by Robert P. McCulloch

“Plainly it is not every error made by a witness which affects his credibility. In each case the trier of fact has to make…

— H.C. Nicholas

Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

— Chris French

“AN EVIDENCE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN A WITNESS”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“A reliable way of making people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”

— Daniel Kahneman

Witness testimony is always flawed. It's better than circumstantial evidence, sure, but people aren't camcorders; they don't record every action and reaction, and the…

— Jodi Picoult

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

— John Grisham

“beliefs. A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”

— Daniel Kahneman

Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who…

— Paul Ricoeur

We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.

— Dallin H. Oaks

One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.

— David Douglass