现在已普遍认为,目击证人提供可证明某一罪行的任何证据,均对陪审团作出判决产生重大影响。例如,米尔斯、林赛和托西格南特的实验表明,模拟的陪审员对辨认作证所感受的印象异常深刻,然而他们根本不能区分哪些证人对嫌疑者所作的辨认是正确的,而哪些则是不正确的。此外,洛夫特斯的实验表明,模拟的陪审员对目击证人的证言所感受的印象远比其他在法庭上提出的证据深刻。 It is now widely accepted that any evidence provided by witnesses to prove a particular crime has a significant impact on the jury’s decision. For example, experiments by Mills, Lindsay and Tosig Nanter show that simulated jurors have been so impressed with the testimony of identification that they simply can not tell the difference between which witnesses identify the suspects correctly and which It is not correct. In addition, Loftus’ experiments show that simulated jurors are far more impressed by the eyewitness testimony than any other evidence presented in court.