A Crown attorney learns that a crucial eyewitness to a grocery store robbery correctly remembers trivial details of the crime scene. If the Crown attorney hopes to convince the jury that the eyewitness is credible, research suggests
A) he should make the jury aware of the witness's ability to remember trivial details.
B) he should deliberately avoid making the jury aware of the witness's ability to remember trivial details.
C) it will make no difference whether the jury knows that the witness can remember trivial details.
D) he should make the jury aware of the witness's ability to remember trivial details only if the jury is composed of all males.
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