Eyewitness testimony

to chose someone, anyone, at the line up then to not choose anyone at all and more likely to confirm his identifiction than to reject it later. A third article that I believe shows some fault in the eyewitness identification is "Effects of distance on face recognition: Implications for eyewitness identification" (Lampinen, 2014). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between identification accuracy and distance. 195 college students participated in this study. 61 % were…

Often, statements from people with incentives to testify — particularly incentives that are not disclosed to the jury — are the central evidence in convicting an innocent person. The registry itself, which looks deeply into 873 specific cases of wrongful conviction, examined cases based on court documents as well as from groups that have long documented wrongful convictions. That group of wrongfully convicted spent more than 10,000 total years in prison, according to the report, with an average…

September 5th, 2014. I would like to start by commenting that my initial reaction to this decision was quite positive. While conducting my thorough read of this case and decision you seemed to reference many other cases where the problem was with eyewitness testimony. I believe, and as you may as well, that one of the biggest problems with the case of R. v. Sykes (2014) was that the police and detectives involved with this case did not conduct a photo or live lineup. This procedure is very…

from our 2014 trip is that we take this trip to Edisto every summer, so all the different memories may get switched around and confused. Eyewitness testimony is an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human memory and it relates to how I asked my mom and Lisa to recall every memory or event they could from our 2014 Edisto trip (Eyewitness Testimony,…

I say Hume is wrong. In my opinion, a wise person should base their belief on the weight of evidence that is presented. It is foolish to believe that evidence for natural events outweighs the evidence for miracles. For example, the Big Bang Theory, which many scientists believe to be true, is an event that will never repeat itself. It’s a highly rare event, but if we followed Hume’s belief, it would be considered irrational to believe in the Big Bang Theory. It contradicts our uniform…

that people and companies want to mislead us we should not allow ourselves to be gullible. Regarding public speaking the article shared stated we should look for examples, statistics, how they gathered their information, testimony from eyewitness or experts, and self-testimony needs to be backed with knowledge, education, and training (University of Pittsburgh). In our text Hamilton states misrepresenting or twisting information is an example of distortion (Hamilton. C. pp.437). Federal Trade…

1. Discuss the importance of Mose Wright in the trail and his testimony. Why is his testimony so important and also so frustrating to the outcome of the trial? It was important because even though he was threatened, to be killed by the murders, he still told the jury what happened that night. It is frustrating because even though they had more than enough evidence and with Mose Wright's testimony, to put them in jail for life but they got off home free. Example on page 18, the first sentence,…

who is truly innocent. The Innocence Project, a group dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice, states that “Too often, forensic analysts’ testimony goes further than the science allows. Many forensic techniques that have been practiced for years – without the benefit of sufficient scientific research – are accepted and repeated as fact. Juries are left with the impression that the…

retell a story, some details are changed. We are constantly influenced by the situations around us, determining what emphasis we put in our stories and how much we exaggerate or tell minute details. False memories can result in inaccurate eyewitness testimonies in court, leading to a verdict that may have been different had the witness recalled details correctly. “If we do not repeatedly return our attention to these [memories and situations],…

According to the authors of Invitation to Psychology and decades of studies, memory refers to the capacity to retain and retrieve information, and also to the structures that account for this capacity (Wade, C., & Tavris, C., 2005). The ability to retain and retrieve information shapes our identities and allows us to (based on our past recollections) guide our future. Although it is generally assumed to act as a camera, with detailed accounts, it is far more complex--memory is both selective and…