The Lineup

method of lineup procedures. The procedure that is most shown was simultaneous. “Simultaneous lineup procedures” are less effective than “sequential lineup procedures” which is due to multiple factors and influences. The two main reasons why, are “relative judgement” and “absolute judgement”. When simultaneous lineups are being conducted, “eyewitnesses are more likely to use relative judgement – they select a suspect who looks most like the perpetrator relative to other suspects in the lineup”.…

Summary of Picking Cotton Picking Cotton described the story of a rape victim, Jennifer Thompson, who mistakenly picked Ronald Cotton from a photo lineup and then a live lineup as her assailant. Jennifer had earlier assisted police with an Identi-Kit composite sketch that she had felt was not quite accurate but was put out to the public through local news channels to help identify any possible suspects. Ronald Cotton was a name given to police as a possibility. Her perspective of the…

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…

speed, while the group that received contacted estimated the lowest. Their experiment concluded that leading questions has a significant effect on an eyewitness’ memory of the event. Thus, it is evident that the language used by police in interview or lineup settings can have an effect on the memory the eyewitness has of the…

commit. Through the use of photographs and lineups during a criminal investigation, police officers and other interested parties are able to gain a better understanding of who may have convicted a crime, however the psychology behind false identifications has a number of different variables including environmental conditions and stress levels during the crime and potential bias or suggestibility…

Imagine your life was held in some else's hands. Them having the ability to throw it away in a cell, or let it be free and grow. You sitting across the room, knowing you did nothing wrong. How confident would you be they would make the right choice. Seventy percent of them would make the wrong choice. Seventy percent of all witness have been proven wrong by DNA evidence (Bonaguidi). Witness are a major flaw in our social justice system, they are unreliable because to many variables that can…

Unfair Lineups Make Witnesses More Likely to Confuse Innocent and Guilty Suspects A lineup is comprised of a suspect who is either guilty or innocent amongst various others who may or may not be in connection to the crime in which are deemed innocent. This article hypothesized how unfair lineups make witnesses more likely to confuse innocent and guilty suspects. This study was orchestrated by Melissa F. Colloff and Kimberley A. Wade in the Department of Psychology and University of Warwick and…

Even though, the five witnesses gave general description about their attackers, the information about them make the witnesses reliable. The second major factor is the photo lineup. Everyone in the lineup had a similar mole as Tyrone because the police did not want him to stand out. All of five victims looked at the photo lineup and selected Tyrone’s picture. According to the guide for Law Enforcement, if there is enough description of the attacker provided, the eyewitnesses can identify the…

they neglect the desire to fish for themselves. This Young Buck was likely lured in by the Commissioner to fill the last spot in the league. He likely fell prey to lies such as “You only have to set your lineup once a week. It doesn’t take too much time managing your team, just set your lineups and replace your players if they get hurt.” The lure of joining a league on the premise that you can…

Warner came to the football history, he was originally a lawyer(Jennings). Warner invented an offensive lineup called the single-wing This made it easier to score touchdowns. As you can see, without Pop Warner football wouldn't be the way it is today. The offensive lineup the single-wing was made in 1907. The single-wing was the modern day inspiration of the shotgun line-up and the spread lineup (football Babbel). Since Pop Warner had the world's best athlete at the time Jim Thorpe he…