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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
There was also a great deal of testimony as to how and why peoples stories change slightly after stressful and traumatic events, how memory works under stress, how memories are recovered or come back over time etc etc etc.
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There is a lot of truth to this really. Even with the best intentions stories will change from time to time, and even more so under traumatic events. But this is why the police question people directly after the event, and not days or weeks.
This is why a murder suspect doesn't take the stand - he will be tripped up by his story, no matter how honest he is about it.
But now if we admit the basic truth that stories can change over even short periods of time, this can all into question all testimony ever given. Should we accept the first account as the only account that matters?