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.
Racialized or Randomized?: Race Shield Legislation Admissibility & Character Evidence
Racialized or Randomized?: The Merits of Race Shield Legislation on the Admissibility of Racialized Character Evidence by Sarah Dalton...
