This is arguing why repressed memories should be used in court.

Memories Repressed. I do not believe that repressed memories should be used in court. Our court systems today are built on truth and hard facts, repressed memories have been proven to be unreliable in many cases and therefore are hardly considered hard evidence. The memories in question are those of sexual molestation. A person could be molested at a young age, and because it is so traumatic, it is put in the far back of …showed first 75 words of 331 total…

…showed last 75 words of 331 total…by the psychiatric community? No scientific data has ever been published which supports the existence of these memories. David Holmes examined sixty years of research and could not find one scientific study showing that memories can be repressed then unearthed in their pristine state. So, what we need to ask ourselves in this debate, is not if we should consider repressed memories in a court of law, but if we should consider them at all.