"We made him an eyewitness anyway," Mr. Kessler said, "because of his effort to see Lindbergh take off the day before".
5.11pm BST Earlier, Twitter user Boya Dee posted a series of tweets purporting to make up an eyewitness account of the incident.
"There is no reason why an identification made by an eyewitness with poor vision, for example, or one who harbors a grudge against the defendant, should be regarded as inherently more reliable, less of a threat to the fairness of trial, than the identification Blandon made in this case," she wrote.
"Supposing you have an eyewitness," Justice Stevens said.
A judge now must tell jurors before deliberations begin that, for example, stress levels, distance or poor lighting can undercut an eyewitness's ability to make an accurate identification.
When the eyewitnesses made a decision, they also noted how confident they felt about their choice on a three-point scale high, medium, or low.
In the far future, River Song, recently made a Doctor of Archaeology, reviews eyewitness accounts made by those children when they were adults, and also notes the date and location of the Doctor's death.
This comparison process is difficult in a showup because only one face is viewed, making it difficult for an eyewitness to determine which characteristics are diagnostic.
An eyewitness told the BBC: "It made a pretty big splash when it landed on the water.
