Conviction of the innocent: lessons from psychological research

I. The suspects

1. At-risk populations under investigation and at trial / Robert J. Norris and Allison D. Redlich

II. The investigators

2. Detecting deception / Amy-May Leach

3. False confessions / Lisa E. Hasel and Saul M. Kassin

4. Procedural justice evaluations in interrogations / Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer

III. The eyewitnesses

5. Fallible eyewitness memory and identification / Kathy Pezdek

6. Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures / David M. Zimmerman, Jacqueline L. Austin, and Margaret Bull Kovera

7. Eyewitness confidence malleability / Amy Bradfield Douglass and Afton Pavletic

8. Why do motions to suppress suggestive eyewitness identifications fail? / Gary L. Wells, Sarah M. Greathouse, and Laura Smalarz

9. Jurors believe eyewitnesses / Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, and Amy Bradfield Douglass

IV. The trial witnesses

10. Unreliable informant testimony / Jeffrey S. Neuschatz ... [et al.]

11. Alibi witnesses / Tara M. Burke and Stéphanie B. Marion

12. Pscyhological perspectives on problems with forensic science evidence / Itiel E. Dror and Rebecca Bucht

V. Pervasive issues

13. Race and racism / Ellen S. Cohn, Donald Bucolo, and Samuel R. Sommers

14. Tunnel vision / Keith A. Findley

VI. The exonerated

15. Life after wrongful conviction / Kimberley A. Clow, Amy-May Leach, and Rosemary Ricciardelli

VII. Conclusion

Conclusion / Brian L. Cutler.