Let’s say that three people are standing next to each other and have a birds’ eye view of an accident.
Typically the police immediately separate the witnesses and gather their statements. There will often be three very different versions of what took place. Each witness will believe that they are telling the officer exactly what they saw.
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Question of
Do you believe each witness is trying to be truthful?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Do you believe any two accounts had all the same details?
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Yes
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No
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Every person sees the event in his own way, although he is unique, so the police have problems when he takes witness statements.