178 Susan Provenzano & Sarah Brown-Schmidt

About this episode

Susan Provenzano and Sarah Brown-Schmidt discuss the risks associated with hear-witnesses and the inadequacies of evidence law in addressing their accuracy.

The Overlooked Witness Memory Risk. Sue Provenzano from Georgia State University and Sarah Brown-Schmidt from Vanderbilt University discuss the problem of “hear-witnesses,” witnesses who report about what was previously said, and how evidence law does not adequately account for their accuracy risks.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ed Cheng, Alex Nunn

Guests: Susan Provenzano, Sarah Brown-Schmidt

Topics covered

• witness memory
• evidence law
• accuracy risks
• hear-witnesses
• legal implications

Keywords

• witness memory
• hear-witnesses
• evidence law
• accuracy risks
• legal implications

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgia State University, Vanderbilt University