Eyewitness testimony

Photographic identification is more common than lineups and show-ups; however, judges have expressed their fear that the absence of the requirement of counsel at photographic identification "confrontations" might encourage police to abuse the identification process. (Wasberg, 2009) A “photo array” is a head-and-shoulders (mug shot) of the suspect and other mug shot pictures of people of similar age, race, and description, which a witness or victim attempts to pick the perpetrator. (Wasberg,…

Confirmation Bias When an investigation for a case begins, the law enforcement is trying to gather the most evidence that will help in solving the case. This could include many things such as physical evidence or eyewitness testimonies. Sometimes making the legal system unfavorable at times for many reasons such as, evidence getting lost or destroyed or the eye witnesses not being able to remeber correctly. The public and the law enforcers are constantly looking for new ways to improve the…

was doing. He got someone in the corrupt system that did not believe to believe then turn against the system to proclaim successfully that Jesus is real and accomplished his will. Matthew a Jew, a tax collector, and a sinner accomplished his eyewitness gospel, he was soon to go proclaim and declare the gospel. He went to many cities to turn the wicked people to righteous people by the help of God. He was to help the poor and make the sick healed in Jesus name but the most extraordinary and…

Election night, 1984, brought to an end the era of Liberal domination in the House of Commons, “nearly sixteen consecutive years” (Stevie Cameron 2005, pg. 15). Brian Mulroney, leader of the progressive conservatives, since 1983, (Cameron, pg. 16) swept through the nation obtaining “50 percent of the popular vote” (Professor Lewis). This historic victory was the culmination of a nation’s exhaustion and discontentment with the then current Liberal government (Cameron, pg. 14). The Mulroney…

Justice in the United States has varied from person to person since the establishment of this country. Justice is defined as the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals (Merriam-Webster, 2015). That specific definition decodes as each person is treated equally and fairly, there should be no person above the law. This is not true for our country. A more appropriate definition is “Someone has to pay for whatever the wrongdoing may be. If you cannot afford a…

The “CSI Effect” which is the effect of crime television shows on the verdicts made in court cases or on other aspects of the criminal justice system. The perceived rise in acquittals can also plausibly by explained without any reference either to watching CSI or to view crime drama more generally. Tyler (2006), stated, “With an ever-increasing number of crime television programs in which forensic tests are used to solve a case in the course of a single episode. Many criminal justice officials…

to death after the wrongful conviction of murder. He was 17 at the time of his conviction and was executed in 1993 at 26 years old. About 12 years after his death, investigations show that he likely didn’t commit the murder. The one eyewitness withdrew his testimony, and Cantu’s co-defendant later admitted he allowed his friend to be falsely accused. He says Cantu wasn’t even there the night of the murder. After reading through more stories similar to his I found a quote that embodies those…

Before they were talking about the old woman, another vote was taken, and the jury is now six to six. The other thing was that Juror 8th was discussing about the testimony of that police officer who arrested the defendant because he was unable to name the movies that he had claimed of watching it that evening, so juror 8th says maybe the defendant forgot the name of the movies and who was in the movies because of being…

This could also mean that he felt set up or a coincidence because he experienced being violently mugged before. Though, according to Douglas Linder in the trial of Bernard Goetz, another eyewitness Josephine Holt stated on cross-examination, "she had described, in her grand jury testimony, th e youths as standing around the white man and acting in a loud, harassing, and menacing manner." As a result, Goetz happened to have shot the four teenagers because of how they were surrounding…

existence of the fact. For the most part, evidence can be split into two categories: direct evidence and circumstantial evidence. Direct evidence establishes the existence of a fact in question without relying on inference, like eyewitness testimony, such as the testimony of the “old lady “ from cross the street that sworn that she saw the defendant killed his father. Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence that is offered to establish the likelihood of a fact that is in question, but by…