Connecticut’s highest court has upheld the conviction of a man involved in a shooting in a case that raised questions about eyewitness identifications in the digital age.
In this instance, the shooting victim helped police solve the case by finding a photo of the shooter on the Internet. The defendant’s lawyer thinks there’s too much room for error when victims try to jog their memory by researching their potential attackers online. “I’m concerned we’re going to see more of it,” said Lisa Steele, a Bolton, Mass., attorney licensed to practice in Connecticut. “One of the things we know about memory, it can be altered.”
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