Memory in Canadian courts of law

Thousands of people have found themselves facing criminal or civil litigation as a result of questionable memories. Sometimes these involve faulty memory of eyewitnesses to crimes. Psychological science has informed the legal system about memory and enabled productive changes in the handling of eyewitness evidence. The chances of wrongful convictions hopefully go down in the process. But sometimes the questionable memories involve allegations of massive repression of horrible brutalization. In these cases, there is enormous controversy, and downright skepticism, over whether such massive repression even occurs. Unless or until better proof becomes available for these types of claims, a reasonable argument exists for keeping these dubious claims out of the courtroom altogether.