Unless I am experiencing a "false memory" myself, I could have sworn I saw
Elizabeth Loftus on Court TV testifying in that very case as an expert
witness for the defense. I am surprised it wasn't mentioned in the article.
Valerie J. Eastman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Drury University
900 N. Benton
Springfield, Missouri 65802
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Office: 417-873-7305
Fax: 417-873-6942
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Subject: [tips] Paul Shanley case and repressed memory
There's an interesting opinion piece by JoAnn Wypijewski in _The Nation_
Feb 25th on the Paul Shanley case, the infamous street priest convicted
of child sexual abuse.
Ho-hum. But Ms. W. gives it an interesting twist. He was convicted on the
basis of repressed memory evidence, which research in psychology finds to
be dangerous pseudoscientific nonsense. But it was not challenged during
his trial.
Shanley was allegedly neither a nice man nor a good priest. But Ms. W.
thinks he could well be innocent, convicted by bad science. It now goes
to the Supremes (in Massachusetts) where the science issue will at last
be aired.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090316/wypijewski
Stephen
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