Everything.// Law and government are a straight jacket- a means of control.
On Jun 20, 4:39 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Excerpt: > > Some researchers... are increasingly questioning the way that the police, > lawyers and the courts think about memory. They argue that this conventional > model of memory – like a detailed photograph or video film – is fundamentally > flawed. > > One of the most prominent of these researchers, Prof Elizabeth Loftus of the > University of California at Irvine, even says that courts should have a new > oath for witnesses: "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, or > whatever it is you think you remember?" > > Memory research > > Now Prof Martin Conway, a cognitive psychologist at Leeds University, has > drawn up a report for the British Psychological Society and the Law Society > calling for a major rethink of memory and the law. > > He suggests his guidelines will help scientists who specialise in memory > research when they testify as expert witnesses to help the courts assess the > evidence. > > [...] > > What do you remember? > By Rebecca Fordham > Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:48 > UKhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7457653.stm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
