Amicus Brief Supporting Admission of Eyewitness-Identification Expert Testimony
This amicus brief argues that expert testimony on eyewitness identification and memory is critical when identity is disputed and scientifically recognized risk factors are present. Drawing on decades of research and wrongful-conviction data, it explains that eyewitness testimony is highly persuasive but frequently unreliable, that memory is reconstructive and vulnerable to contamination, and that jurors […]
Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant-Appellant Arguing that the Probative Value of Rap Lyrics is Substantially Outweighed by the Danger of Unfair Prejudice
In this amicus brief, the ACLU of Iowa relies on social science to point out that juries are likely to (a) form negative impressions of criminal defendants who are associated with rap music, (b) view rap lyrics are more truthful and literal than lyrics from other musical genres; and (c) associate those who write or […]