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Memory dressed up in its Sunday best, swearing it remembers everything correctly.
misidentificationEyewitness error contributes to most overturned wrongful convictions
oath originRomans swore on their testicles, hence the shared root
false confessionsInnocent people confess under pressure surprisingly often
memory rewritesEach recall subtly edits the original memory
silent powerThe Fifth Amendment lets testimony stay unspoken