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FALSE MEMORY

 PRACTICE POINTS

Memory is fragmentary, malleable and readily manipulated. 

The claimant's recollection of the sequence of events should always be checked against contemporaneous documentation

Juries and some judges need to be educated that a witness's personal conviction and recall of detail are false indicators of reliability

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