R v Webbe-Wong: A Reminder of the Frailties of Cross-Racial Identification Evidence
This paper will explain that reliability issues with eyewitness testimony are aggravated by cross-racial bias, a phenomenon which causes eyewitness identifications to be less reliable when the witness is a different race than the identified individual. In doing so, it will examine the 2022 case of R v Webbe-Wong (2022 ONCJ 423) to underscore that even credible, convincing, and well-intentioned eyewitnesses can be mistaken as a result of cross-racial bias.
The Importance of Knowing How a Person Became the Suspect in a Lineup and Wrongful Convictions
Check out today's featured paper on police lineup identification. "The proportion of times that suspects in lineups are factually guilty...
Welcome Michelle Bertrand - our newest collaborator
Michelle Bertrand from University of Winnipeg Criminal Justice joins Robson Hall's Robson Crim as a collaborator
The Unreliability of Eyewitness Testimony: The Lochte Affair – a student blog
Confessions and eye witness testimonies are two of the most credible pieces of evidence in proving the element of crime in a courtroom....
