The Lineup

with the hood down. The sweatshirt was made more recognizable by having 2 patches placed on it. One patch was white and red and the other patch was white and blue; In part 1 of the study, participants were randomly assigned a condition and viewed a video, after which they were asked to give a description of the thief and his clothing. A five minute delay was then put in place, After this participants read instructions and viewed the show up. Two or three days after part 1, participants completed an online survey where they were asked to report their show up decision. They were then given instructions and presented with the lineup and asked to again identify the suspect. Lineup photographs were presented simultaneously and the position of the…

Sequential vs Simultaneous Lineups The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sequential as “of, relating to, or arranged in a sequence”. (Sequential) This means the pictures of each suspected criminal in a lineup are presented one at a time and one after the other. The dictionary defines simultaneous as, “occurring or operating at the same time”. (Simultaneous) This form of lineup means the mugshots are presented all together for identification. In the United States, over 337 convicted prisoners…

I get a personal trainer that makes me work harder than I have ever worked before. I make the second string. So I hit the gym even harder. I know that I am not big enough to make the starting lineup and I know that if I start to take steroids coach will find out and I will be kicked off the football team. I went to the gym and I there was a steroid dealer outside of the gym and I get some steroids injected into my arm. The next day I went to practice and we were running sprints and I beat…

Police lineups are performed everyday, but do the right suspects always get picked? Witnesses rely their memories involving the suspect, like what was their eye color, hair color, how tall or short where they, how much they weigh, and was it a male or female. Sometimes these memories do not always benefit the witness during their decision making. A police lineup is going to be made of one suspect, and many others not involved in the case. There are three different types of lineups used in this…

Police utilize lineups on a regular basis and it is an accepted investigatory procedure in identify a possible suspect from a witness. A defendant does have the right to counsel in a lineup. The major concern is the intentional or even the unintentionally problem of the police influencing a possible witness ("What Are Your Rights During A Police Lineup?"). This could happen when the police conduct the lineup they could have the suspect stand out from the rest of the other people that they are…

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It 's intimidating enough to feel the burning eyes of the various doctors in the room watching me, but the sight of the syringe with a large needle in the short grumpy old nurses hand makes me feel very unsettled. "You will only feel a slight pinch in your arm okay." Said the nurse while she grabs my upper arm and tries to find the dot she drew on my arm earlier camouflaged in the faint freckles up and down my arm. I take a deep breath as she brings the syringe , filled with the "magical"…

Benjamin Pearson is standing right in front of me. Benjamin Pearson has his arm around my waist….still. Benjamin Pearson is staring at me. I would know this because I’m staring right back at him. Jeez Jules! Don’t freak the boy out! Stop Staring! I tear my gaze away from the gorgeous, deep blue eyes, and look to the ground. Gorgeous? Really? “So, um,” I start, while looking down at his hand still gently placed on my waist, he still hasn’t let go. His gaze follows mine and he quickly detaches…

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 DNA testing, playing a role in more than 70% of convictions…

implications of this and what research still needs to be done in the field. This important because eyewitness identification by way of lineups is a key method used in the criminal justice system to identify perpetrator and there it is important how to ensure optimal accuracy and minimum suggestibility. The process of conducting lineups has been likened to an experiment and similar to an experiment biases can be created during the lineup procedure. In field and lab research,…