Memory is unreliable; memory can be changed and adjusted. Memory is stored in the brain just like files stored in a cabinet, you store it, save it then retrieve it later and sometimes even edit it and bring it back. In doing so, it modifies the original data that was initially stored. As memory fades and distorts over time, trauma and other life events can cause the way we store memory to become faulty. So when we focus on eyewitnesses, our memory sometimes does not convey the correct information due to different cues, questioning, trauma, etc., making eyewitnesses even more difficult to use. Yet it is still applied in the criminal justice system. Eyewitnesses play a vital role in criminal justice systems around the world and are often key to identifying, charging and ultimately convicting perpetrators of crimes. Jurors tend to over-believe, or at least are greatly influenced by, eyewitness testimony (Kennedy & Haygood, 1992; Williams & Loftus, 1994), which is worrying given the growing and substantial body of evidence from laboratory studies, field studies, and the criminal justice system that support the conclusion that eyewitnesses frequently make mistakes (Cutler & Penrod, 1995; Huff, 1987; Huff, Rattner, & Sagarin, 1986; Innocence Project, 2009; Wells, Small, Penrod, Malpass, Fulero and Brimacombe, 1998). According to a number of studies, eyewitness identification errors are the most common cause of wrongful convictions (Huff, Rattner, & Sagarin, 1986; Wells et al., 1998; Yarmey, 2003) and, thanks to the use forensic DNA testing, have been found to be responsible for more convictions of innocent individuals than all other factors combined (Innocence Project, 2009; Wells, Memon, & Penrod, 2006). The capabi...... middle of paper ...... continues 2006, Vol. 62, no. 4, 811-832. Joseph AL, Hartmut B. and James DS (2010). Uniforms affect the accuracy of children's eyewitness identification decisions. Journal of Investigative Psychology & OffenderProfiling 2010, 7, 59-73Krackow E. & Lynn SJ (2010). Event reporting training: An examination of the effectiveness of a new intervention to improve children's eyewitness reports. Applied Cognitive Psychology 2010, 24: 868-884Lehman EB, McKinley MJ, Thompson DW, Leonard A., Liebman JI and Rothrock DD (2010). Long-term stability of young children's eyewitness accuracy, suggestibility, and resistance to misinformation. Journal of Applied Development Psychology 2010, 31,145-154. Quas JA, Goodman GS, Ghetti S. and Redlich A. (2000). Questioning the child witness: what can we conclude from the research conducted so far? Trauma, violence and abuse 2000 1:223