Justin Ross Harris Trial — Day 20 (Nov. 3, 2016)

Justin Ross Harris’s defense case continued with only one witness, a psychologist with expertise in human memory. The case is close to wrapping up with only two witnesses left—one for the defense and one rebuttal witness for the State—unless Harris elects to testify. If so, he will likely be on the stand for several days. If he doesn’t testify, closing arguments could be next Monday. While expert testimony can be technical and dry, others can be fascinating. This expert, who studies human memory, offered testimony to which we all can relate. 17. Gene Brewer, psychologist, expert in human memory Brewer, who teaches at Arizona State University, described the three areas of memory that his work focuses on and the factors that affect memory. He studies working memory, the nature of memory and prospective memory. Much of what we do daily…