When presented with circumstantial evidence and no eyewitnesses to a robbery-murder case,Elizabeth Loftus found in her study that 18 percent of her participants voted to convict the suspect.Presented with the same information plus one eyewitness,________ percent of participants voted to convict.

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Elizabeth Loftus's research indicates that the presence of an eyewitness significantly increases the likelihood of conviction, with 72 percent of participants voting to convict when an eyewitness is added to the circumstantial evidence.

When Presented with Circumstantial Evidence and No Eyewitnesses to a Robbery-Murder