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16 Cards in this Set
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What is wrongful conviction? |
Occurs when an individual has been arrested on criminal charges and either pleads guilty or tried and found guilty and who notwithstanding plea or verdict is in fact innocent |
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What is eyewitness error? |
Errors can occur in testimony by police probing and influencing the eyewitness such that the testimony becomes contaminated |
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What is a real case example of eyewitness error? |
David Milgard |
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What is erroneous and fraudulent forensic science? |
In some cases, evidence can be contaminated by human error, sloppiness of the forensic scientists - exaggeration and examiner bias |
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What is a real case example of erroneous and fraudulent forensic science? |
Guy Paul Morin |
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What is a real case example of jailhouse informants? |
Guy Paul Morin |
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What is racial bias? |
Racial minorities extremely vulnerable to miscarriages of justice - racism is built into our system |
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What is a real case example of racial bias? |
Donald Marshall Jr. |
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What are three factors that can increase professional and institutional misconduct? |
1. High profile nature of the case 2. Marginalized status of accused 3. Nature of evidence is unreliable |
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What is "tunnel vision"? |
When police become so focused on one suspect that they destroy that individual's alibi and other potential suspects |
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What is a real case example of the three variables that increase professional and institutional misconduct? |
Guy Paul Morin |
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What are four effects of incarceration and wrongful conviction? |
1. Identity 2. Resistance 3. Loss of freedom 4. Consequences for family |
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What are four effects of incarceration and wrongful conviction upon release? |
1. Antisocial values - prosocial values 2. Reunification 3. Environmental responses 4. Pains of re-entry |
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Name the case: - 16 years old, accused of killing Gayle Miller, a nurse - Was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing her - Police were unable to find a suspect, despite their investigation - It was one of his friends who came forward and said on the evening that she was murdered, he was suspicious and had blood on his clothing - They brought in his friends, berating and pressuring them into saying that they were also suspicious of him - One of his friends actually said she witnessed him murder her - They persuaded the witnesses to such a degree that it didn't match his story - Initially, he had an alibi, was with his friends - One was paid money for testimony - He spent 23 years in prison, was later exonerated from DNA evidence |
David Milgard |
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Name the case: - Was convicted of killing Christine Jessup, 9 year old girl - Was her next door neighbour - When her body was found, there was one hair that was embedded in her skin next to her necklace, and it became referenced as "the necklace hair" - Was assumed that the hair was from the killer - Also said there were 3 hairs that were found in his car that matched Christine's hair - Later discovered, a lab tech had suppressed information that the hair and fiber samples used had been tampered with |
Guy Paul Morin |
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Name the case: - The first one to bring forward the ways in which racism is embedded in our system - 17 years old when he was convicted by an all-white jury - His defence counsel did the minimal amount of work for his defence - Met his friend in a park, they were hanging out, and they met two guys that they knew, and the two guys started stabbing his friend, also stabbed him - He got away, called the police, his friend was dead - He was convicted of killing his friend - Spent 19 years incarcerated |
Donald Marshall Jr. |
