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Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial

Book by Elizabeth F. Loftus · 2 quotes · Defense Expert, Expert Witness, False Accusations

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Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial Quotes

“In court the next morning I sat at a table in the judge’s chambers. On the other side of the table, close enough for me to reach across and touch him, sat Ted Bundy. He’s adorable, I thought, surprised at my first impression, because I’d pictured him in my mind as brooding, dark, intense disdain (p. 83). (Loftus testified as a defense expert for Ted Bundy in 1976, Bundy was found guilty of aggravated kidnapping)”

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“The thought had occurred to me as I was flying to Salt Lake City earlier that day that Ted Bundy might offer to let me stay in his apartment” (p. 74). (Loftus testified as a defense expert for Ted Bundy in 1976)”

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