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    Obtaining a confession from a suspect presents an arduous task for law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. Because of difficulties that may arise in this attempt‚ the use of coercive techniques to receive information from the detainee may be necessary. Some will argue that these methods are superfluous‚ but using coercive methods that do not cause physical harm should be used. To avoid physical or psychological torture‚ the law does allow for coercive techniques. According to the Innocent

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    Fogle spent more than 34 years imprisoned in Indiana for a 1982 rape he did not commit largely due to a single perjury and false accusation. He was later freed in 2015. A horrible number of these cases involved false confession given by the innocence defendant during the

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    Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong In Brandon L. Garrett’s book‚ Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong‚ he makes it very clear how wrongful convictions occur and how these people have spent many years in prison for crimes they never committed. Garrett presents 250 cases of innocent people who were convicted wrongfully because the prosecutors opposed testing the DNA of those convicted. Garrett provided simple statistics such as graphs‚ percentages

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    internalization of social norms‚ start around the age of ten years old. This experiment will serve as an open door into the maturing mind of the pre-teen. Russano‚ M.‚ Meissner‚ C.‚ Narchet‚ F.‚ & Kassin‚ S. (2005). Investigating true and false confessions within a novel experimental paradigm.

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    False Advertisement False AdvertisingAdvertising is common tools in industry. Many companies spendmillions even billions in this section to pay celebrities and ideas sincesurveys prove that advertising plays big role in their income. Theyproduce branding image which are unique‚ strong‚ catchy‚ and easy-to-remember for their consumers. Talking about advertising‚ on the onehand‚ it is good for its functions‚ displays‚ etc; on the other hand‚sometimes it is too good to be true‚ the way they bring the

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    interrogators in the video use several of the tactics listed in your textbook chapter on interrogations and confessions. Please name at least three tactics used and discuss thoroughly how these tactics were used to elicit a confession in this case. Be sure to demonstrate your deep knowledge of the course concepts and support your opinions with scholarly evidence. According to the textbook‚ false confessions account for approximately 25% of all wrongful convictions‚ and this is partly because police officers

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    investigator go before it is too much on the suspect? The whole purpose of an interview is to gather information about a crime and attempt to make sense of the crime. Nonetheless‚ investigation will continue until there is enough information or possibly a confession surfaces. Gudjonsson and Pearse relate to two different types of interrogation that have been identified throughout the years in the United States and the United Kingdom- the Reid Technique (United States) and the PEACE model (United Kingdom). Both

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    Compare Gerald before and after the confession Before the confession Gerald is constantly trying to fit in with the Birling family. Page 6‚ “I believe your right sir” he Gerald has just agreed with Mr Birling’s views even though Gerald might not agree with them he is desperate to seek approval from Mr Birling and to fit in with the family. Gerald is comfortable around the family before the confession and before he realises that he has some involvement into Eva’s death. Page 8‚ Gerald is allowed

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    The Role Media Played on the Conviction of the “Central Park Five”. In the spring of 1989‚ a 28 year old white woman named Trisha Meili‚ who was out jogging in Central Park‚ was raped‚ brutally beaten‚ and left for dead. On that same night‚ a large group of young people from Harlem had also been in the park with the intent of causing mayhem‚ or “wilding”. In a city where urban crime had reached its maximum and where violence had become commonplace‚ “wilding” was defined as a new trend among teenagers

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