Memory can play tricks — Evidence Lab · Justice
Evidence detective Leo is preparing to listen to three witnesses of a bike crash in the invented Hilltop Park. Justice · MyLeoNes.
Your task
Is each sentence true or false?
- Honest witnesses can still remember things wrongly. Memory can change with time, with other people's stories, and with the way a question is asked.
- An invented story to learn from, not legal advice. Laws differ from country to country. For a real problem, talk to a trusted adult or a lawyer.
- Everyone is equal before the law. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- Understanding justice — You understood how this part of justice works.
- Fairness — You treated everyone fairly and listened to all sides.
- Safe & ask for help — You stayed safe and knew when to ask a trusted adult.
In real life
Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus showed in 1974 that people shown the same crash film guessed higher speeds when asked how fast the cars 'smashed' than when asked how fast they 'hit'.
Evidence Lab
- Fact or opinion?
- Four kinds of evidence
- Can we trust it?
- Asking a witness well
- Don't jump to conclusions
- Sure enough?
- Leave it as you found it
- The report with holes
- A timeline tells the story
- Photos and screenshots can mislead
- Honest, but wrong
- After is not because
- Label it, log it
- Checking an alibi
- A confession under pressure
Invented stories to learn from, not legal advice. Laws differ from country to country. For a real problem, talk to a trusted adult or a lawyer; in an emergency call your country's number (112 in the EU). Nothing about you is collected; progress stays on this device.
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