Suspect

cognitive and social perspectives, this study simply reviewed the variables that produce general impairments of identification accuracy, post-identification indicators of identification accuracy, and variables that naturally result in biases against the suspect without any specific theoretical frame of reference (Brewer & Wells, 2011). Decision confidence latency and phenomenological reports have all been found to discriminate positive decisions, without including lineup rejections (Brewer &…

This Writing Assignment (WA) contains arrests, car stops, decision making, and a brief explanation of discretion. These topics contain examples and class presentations. Included are one topic from four chapters we talked about in class which were; “The Elements of Crime, Corpus Delicti,” “Capacity to Commit Crime-Insanity Defense,” “Parties to a Crime, and “Laws of Arrest.” Three Class Activities The first class activity that professor Gonis demonstrated was a presentation, “Gonis Gang.” In…

near the suspect just a few blocks away from the scene and close to the suspect and hint they were not dispatched. They approached a Jamaican male whom the officers say “was already inducing suspicious behavior” as the two officers drove towards him. Officer Gonzales proceeds with his professional tactics and asks the male to put his hands up but the suspect immediately flees. Officer Gonzales enter his car with Officer Christie and they pursuit the suspect. The officers state that the suspect…

In Section E, Constable Ellis introducing himself by stating his name, rank and what station he was from. Constable Ellis also informed the suspect that he would be asking questions regarding the allegation of Assault, therefor complying with Safeguards LEPRA Section 202. The court requires admissions to be obtained fairly from a suspect so they are admissible. It is legislated under section 139 (1) (C) that the Police officer must caution the accused prior to questioning them. Section 139 of…

Policemen wearing body cameras would prevent violence. Why do I say this you ask? If a policeman is wearing a body camera and the suspect knows that the officer has one on, they would be cautious and realize they could be caught on camera. It'd be easier to find the suspect and who did the crime since it's on camera also. Suspects would most definitely be aware of their actions considering that they could be caught on camera. The evidence would all be right there and wouldn't be going anywhere.…

surrounding the person. The police search the surrounding are for evidence that could be throw or destroyed within the suspect wingspan. The lawful arrest is also helps when searching a vehicle, when the suspect is arrested. The Supreme Court can let a police officer search a vehicle if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the vehicle has weapons or drugs that belongs to the suspects. An example of lawful arrest is when a police officers arrested Sam and takes Sam out of his house, searches…

the crime scene to those of the suspects, the resulting gel indicates that Suspect 2 was at the scene of the crime. Although enzyme 1 produced identical DNA fragments across the gel, enzyme 2 did not. This is evident in lane D and possibly indicates that this enzyme was unable to bind to recognition sites similar to the crime scene DNA in well B. Thus, it produced a DNA fragment smaller in size that travelled further. Since the DNA evidence in well D belongs to Suspect 1, it is apparent that…

Few pieces of evidence are more powerful than an eyewitness to a crime pointing to a suspect in a police lineup and exclaiming “That’s him! He’s the one!” There are also few pieces of evidence more flawed, imperfect, and subject to manipulation by police and prosecutors. Study after study has shown eyewitness identification to be notoriously unreliable. In fact, as the Innocence Project notes: “Eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by…

wrongful convictions (Huff et al. 1996, as cited in Campbell & Denov, 2016, p.230). In building their case against a suspect, the police may suppress, lose, misinterpret, or overlook evidence that may otherwise prove the suspect's innocence. Campbell and Denov (2016) states that this unprofessional behaviour by the police may be motivated by a desire to strengthen the case against a suspect whom professionals are convinced is guilty (p. 230). In other words, this set of errors…

According the U.S Constitution a suspect Sixth Amendment is right to counsel is that any evidence obtained through such a violation cannot be used in court. The Constitution Amendment states: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,…