The title of this post is the headline of an Associated Press story Sunday by Maryclaire Dale. The subject of the article is the eyewitness-identification task force the Third Circuit established in September, and the wrongful capital conviction that led to it.
Judge McKee, who the article describes as having formed the task force, has this quote:
“Just because they (witnesses) are unequivocal, doesn’t mean they’re right,” said McKee, who just finished a term as chief judge of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. “The law has not kept up with the science.”