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Cognitive Interviewing: lessons from forensic psychology for qual research
On January 22nd, 1996, Connie Babin took the witness stand and identified Shareef Cousin as the man who shot and killed her date, Michael Gerardi, during an armed robbery. When asked by the prosecutor whether she was positive, Babin replied with absolute, unwavering certainty: “Yes. I will NEVER forget that face”. Three years later, Cousin was exonerated. Evidence placing him at a basketball game across town at the time of the murder proved that Babin had identified the wrong
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