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Eyewitnesses are more often mistaken than correct – legal certainty is improved upon at Heureka

Identifying an unknown individual is surprisingly difficult. Legal psychology researchers at Åbo Akademi University investigated eyewitness identifications in collaboration with science center Heureka at the end of 2018. Three representatives of the Finnish judicial system, Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Elfgren, District Court judge Nina Immonen and District prosecutor Johanna Hakanen, visited the science center to participate in the experiment. Read the article about the visit as reported by HBL here.