Rod Lindsay and his colleagues (1981) staged a calculator theft witnessed by students.These students were videotaped as they were questioned about their eyewitness identifications and the videotapes were later viewed by students playing the role of jurors.These researchers found that the student jurors
A) considered the circumstances in which the eyewitnesses encountered the alleged thief.
B) discounted all eyewitness testimony.
C) discounted circumstantial evidence when eyewitness testimony was available.
D) discounted inaccurate eyewitness testimony when the alleged thief confessed.
E) believed the eyewitnesses, even when their identifications were inaccurate.
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