It is understandable that when one is involved in a case that can lead to time in jail, when it is the appellants turn to talk, the appellant might say the wrong thing at the wrong time. It is known that at one point the appellant had said, he had never driven the green Cadillac that belongs to cristabel pierce. However, on page three paragraph nine evidence shows that the appellant was seen driving the green Cadillac. This shows that the appellants purpose of lying was truly to not seem guilty, and to not be incriminated by his actions. The green Cadillac that the appellant was seen driving that day belonged to Cristabel pierce, the mother of his kids. It is not a coincidence that all of the stolen property was found in cristabels house, where the green Cadillac was parked, Hernandez, who lived across the street also testified on page sixteen paragraph thirteen, that he had asked the appellant what he was doing and he replied by saying he was helping Bernadette move her things, that she knew he was there. Which is not true. Therefore, all of those incidents that prove the appellant is not speaking the truth, make him not only loose credibility but makes him seem more guilty.…
In "Zarif Khan’s Tamales and the Muslims of Sheridan, Wyoming - The New Yorker,” I felt as though racism played a huge part of the geographic concept of the area and why Khan’s restaurant was so successful. He had customers, specifically immigrants, from all over the world. Though no one knew much about his personal life, people of all different races had nothing but respect for Khan. Because many members of the community felt a lack of belonging, he opened his doors for all to come and do one thing- eat his delicious food. But not just that, it was a place where people could feel accepted, and not be judged by the color of their skin.…
The author is Thomas J. Craughwell, born in 1956, and still living today. The book was written in 2007, when he was at the age of 51 years old. In the annotated bibliography it is shown that the author used a tremendous amount of sources. Providing ten pages of bibliography it seems he utilizes many primary sources however the majority consisted of secondary sources. From reading the style of the book and the bibliography, it was revealed that he was indeed bias. For example, the primary sources he used were based on a human aspect which through interviews can provide human bias. However Craughwell shows no personal bias in descriptions of the people in his book; he uses past police records and describes the characters based on these reports (173). I find that the facts presented are correct because Thomas J. Craughwell clearly shows his amount of knowledge and the research of this incident along with his research team. Yes, his interpretations seem valid, and he even gave us direct wording of the…
In Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, the reader learns from Steve Harmon’s experiences that sometimes guilt or innocence of a person might not be determined by solid evidence but by onlooker’s opinions and interpretation of the crime. There is not a large amount of scientific evidence in the case against Steve Harmon, so the jury must rely on Steve’s background information, their opinions of guilt and innocence, and the testimonies of the witnesses who are mostly criminals.…
When Beverly Allitt was first arrested on suspicion of murder there was not enough evidence consumed. She denied any accusations that she was questioned about; Beverly kept using the excuse ‘I wasn’t there at the time.’…
Ta-Nehisi Coates isn't attempting to get into heaven and that inconveniences individuals' waters. In a great many passages, Coates creates an inconspicuous contention about the part of the African-American church in African-American methods of insight. Relating his discussion with the mother of his killed school companion, Prince Jones, Coates says: As she talked of the church, I thought of your grandfather, the one you know, and how his first intellectual adventures were found in the recitation of Bible passages. I thought of your mother, who did the same. And I thought of my own distance from an institution that has, so often, been the only support for our people I regularly wonder if in that distance I’ve missed something, a few notions…
Francis Bacon once said, “The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it.” (Fischhoff, 1983). Bacon made this statement and didn’t know that in the 1960’s psychologists would be testing and analyzing this attribute prevalent in humans and naming it the Confirmation-Bias (Klayman, 1987). The Confirmation-Bias can be seen in all societies, but typically when there is a strong feeling of community and friendship. The film Bernie shows the Confirmation-Bias in action in the small town called Carthage, Texas, where the community was outraged by the accusation of murder by their most beloved men against a distasteful woman. Influences from communities as well as personal biases will often, unconsciously, alter beliefs, causing unfair analysis of evidence in order to disprove one side.…
of justice that have been put in place. Some people believe that their own sense of justice is so…
First reasoning is that they have no evidence that he was there. The only evidence that they have is the other convicted characters saying he was a “look out”, but there was someone in the store when he left. So with that being said he wasn’t really a look out because he didn’t make sure there wasn’t anyone in the store and the lady in the store didn’t say she saw him.…
The chapter focuses on the importance of contaminated confessions by expanding on the various reasons behind the possibility as to why a confession might be contaminated, these are identified throughout the text in various explanations as to why confessions can be tampered with: the puzzle of false confessions, contaminated false confessions, law enforcement practices, corroborated and nonpublic facts, denying disclosing facts, recorded false interrogations, and inconsistent facts (Garrett, 2011). In the case of Jeffery Deskovic’s false confession the police officers gave him facts that were explicit to the case and despite the DNA evidence that was pointing to someone else committing the crime, Jeffery was convicted for 16 years. Jeffery sued for his civil rights being violated. The puzzle behind false confessions is that police are suspected of feeding details of a crime to a compliant suspect. The book asked the question “why do innocent people confess in detail to crimes they had not committed” The relational is that if an individual gives the police exactly what they want then that will, in turn, let those being questioned to be able to go home (Garrett, 2011).…
Everyone knows what it is like to be accused of something. In the play doubt written by John Patrick Shanley the reader questions whether or not one of the main characters Father Flynn is innocent or guilty. Father Flynn is accused of sexually harassing a student. The students name is Donald Muller; he is the only African American child at his school. I believe that Father Flynn is innocent. I believe he is innocent. There is plenty of evidence to back up Father Flynn’s innocence, and there is none to prove that he is guilty; therefore I believe he is innocent.…
In Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mosel in 1968 the author identifies relationships and the value of equality and love in a family. Many years ago, children were not shown affection equally in Chinese families; the first child was always honored with a long meaningful name while the other children were given short distasteful ones. In this specific story set in the olden days, one of two sons isn't treated lovingly by his mother. Moments where the mother perceives the second son Chang a "bad omen" and the first a gift, Tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo, show the inequality in the family. At two different points of time, the playful sons each fall into a well. When the sons go to aid one another alerting their…
In the case of the arrest of Derby Boxer, even the police were discriminative and prejudiced, like Constable O’Neil giving evidence by making Derby sign a false statement admitting guilt in his ‘supposed’ confession of a sexual assault on a teenage girl. Mr Killian even dismisses Michael Penrose’s argument that Derby Boxer could not have signed the statement in educated English, as he could only speak basic English.…
It is often partially or fully inaccurate reconstructions of events. Then, this memory phenomenon greatly influences people’s emotionality, social expectations, implied beliefs of others, or inappropriate interpretation (Steffens & Mechklenbrauker, 2007). Loftus, Feldman, and Dashiell suggest that the false memory becomes stronger and more vivid when enough time has passed that original memory has faded. Due to this, the eyewitness may confuse misleading post-event information and what they have seen. In this study, all witnesses watch a video about the tragedy traffic accident. Subsequently, half of them are exposed to misleading information about the event and it leads to make an error in these eyewitnesses’ memories. When the researcher asks them whether they see a yield or a stop sign, they say they apparently see the yield sign. They do not recognize that there really had not been any sign. As a result, eyewitnesses who does not get any misleading information describe much more accurate events. Furthermore, the eyewitness testimony strongly establishes the formation of the false memory because the strong suggestion may occur during police interrogations. It leads to cause of wrongful convictions, through false identification of a suspect recollection. Similar to this study, Loftus (1997) notes Saul M. Kassin and his colleagues’ experiment of falsely accused…
Twelve Angry Men is a really intriguing text that is clearly evident of the notion of truth and perception. It is about young boy on trial for the supposed murder of his aggressive father. Four days have passed where evidence is laid out, exhibits shown, witnesses are heard, statements of the plaintiff and the accused are given, and the twelve jurors watch and listen attentively. Now, it is the job of the jury to reach a verdict as a whole; twelve to nothing vote either way, guilty or innocent. The judge has…