Eye witness testimonies are considered by many to be the most important piece in solving a crime without any evidence. But can you really believe what someone is saying about what they seemed to have saw? I will try to briefly explain some of the positives of eye witness testimonies, then give some information on how eye witness testimonies cannot be of any use to investigators, and a reflection of what I have learned about eye witness testimonies. Let me begin with some positives to having an eye witness to a crime that you may be investigating in the future of your career. If you eye witness can clearly and without hesitation describe and point of to you on the street what the suspect looks like or who they are, it most often means you have got your suspect. Having an eye witness who remembers everything from head to toe about the crime can be very vital to finding who has committed the crime. Even though some eye witnesses can only describe what the suspect looked like, you may be able to get them to positively point them out in a photo lineup. …show more content…
The suspect is wearing something different, their height, weight, and how they look are all different amongst all of the eye witnesses you may have to a crime. In this case it is next to impossible to be able to tell which one of those people is telling what actually happened and not what their imagination has made up of the crime. When there is only one eye witness to a crime and asked to identify them in a photo lineup, they may second guess themselves, say they are unsure, and say maybe that is the