IntroductionResearchers and practitioners share a widely held belief that the greatest cause of wrongful conviction is due to eyewitness testimony. April 23, 2007 marked the 200th criminal conviction exonerated through DNA evidence in the United States of America. According to www.innocenceproject.org, more than 75 percent of the 200 criminal cases that turned out to be wrongful convictions involved faulty eyewitness testimony. Collectively, these 200 people spent a total of 2,475 years in prison. With factors such as the witness's memory, reliability, deception and outside influences one may encounter, psychologists and practitioners have begun to question whether or not an eyewitness is credible and therefore should be used before a court. In January 2012, the Supreme Court reconsidered the use of eyewitness identification in court, and by a vote of 8 to 1, the justices decided not to change anything. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote: "There is no reason for the court to change its view that judges cannot, on their own, reject eyewitness testimony unless the police manipulated the evidence." circumstances to produce the desired result. » (Barnes 2012) Which raises the question: if the Supreme Court systematically accepts eyewitness identification, then is it credible? In this article, we will explore eyewitness testimony and its fallibilities, which lead to the conclusion that they should not be used in court. Memory We begin by determining how we know a testimony is credible. Considering many factors involved, such as a person's disability, knowledge and personal circumstances, eyewitnesses have a great influence on their testimony or identification, making it difficult to decide whether it is credible or not . Let's...... middle of paper ......Identification. North American Journal of Psychology, 10(2). Retrieved from http://www.questiaschool.comDesmarais, S. and Yarmey, D. (2004). Judgments of deception and performance accuracy in eyewitness accounts. Canadian Journal of Policing and Security, 2(1). Retrieved from http://www.questiaschool.comArkowitz, H. and Lilienfeld, S. (January 8, 2009). Why science tells us not to trust eyewitness accounts. American Scientific World RSS. Accessed May 21, 2014, from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/ Blackmon, D. (September 28, 2012). Damon Thibodeaux, sentenced to death in Louisiana, exonerated thanks to DNA evidence. Washington Post. Accessed May 22, 2014, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/louisiana-death-row-inmate-damon-thibodeaux-is-exonerated-with-dna-evidence/2012/09/28/26e30012-0997. -11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html