Despite popular belief, memory is very unreliable in a court of law. There are factors that can cause a witness to believe something that did not happen. Even investigators may influence the memories of people being questioned and can make witnesses feel more confident about their memory of the incident. This affects the outcome of the cases because jurors have a better chance of believing the spectator if they are confident in what they are saying. Memory should not be trusted in courtrooms because in many cases, the witness is wrong or the witness has a false memory about the event. There are many times the witness in the courtroom turns out to be wrong. In approximately “75 percent” (Beil) of cases, the witness was wrong about the
