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Forensic science

the error in which forensic evidence that weakly supports guilt is read by laypeople as supporting innocence, especially when stated in verbal terms.

In forensic science, weak evidence effect refers to the error in which forensic evidence that weakly supports guilt is read by laypeople as supporting innocence, especially when stated in verbal terms. This meaning comes from Martire (2013) in Law and Human Behavior.[1]

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Martire, K. A., Kemp, R. I., Watkins, I., Sayle, M. A., & Newell, B. R. (2013). The expression and interpretation of uncertain forensic science evidence: Verbal equivalence, evidence strength, and the weak evidence effect. Law and Human Behavior, 37(3), 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000027

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