Eyewitness testimony Eyewitness testimony can play a big part in criminal court cases. Whether or not a person is convicted of a crime can come down to the reliability of an eyewitness and how confidently he or she conveys testimony to a jury. The problem is these eyewitness accounts aren’t always accurate. The Innocence Project is a non-profit team of attorneys and law students that re-examines questionable murder convictions with the hope of using DNA evidence to overturn the sentences of defendents
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tell me‚ “son you have to train your hair so that it doesn’t look so terrible.” I never did take any consideration into it as adolescent. My hair used to always be dry‚ which causes it to itch and be very flaky. Dandruff loved me‚ sometimes I used to scratch my head that I used to have migraines. Also my fingernail stayed dirty due to excessive scratching. I never thought not taking care of my hair could me so stressful. Over time I’ve a defeated now my hair is silky smooth and very healthy. From
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most things‚ there is a way to classify what type of hair you have. The hair type is made up of a number and a letter. Any type of hair that starts with a two is wavy. Any type of hair that starts with a four is coiled. Of course type three is curly. There are three subdivisions of curly hair; a‚ b‚ and c. Type 3a is called Curly Twirly. Curly Twirly looks like a loopy S. It’s most affected by the climate. Some celebrities that have this hair type are Shakira‚ Debra Messing‚ and AnnaLynne McCord
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EOutline and Evaluate Factors Influencing Eye Witness Testimony The term ‘eye witness testimony’ refers to an area of research into the accuracy of memory concerning significant events‚ it is legally considered to be a reliable account of events. However‚ research into eye witness testimony has found that it can be affected by many psychological factors such as‚ anxiety and stress‚ reconstructive memory‚ selective attention and leading questions. Anxiety and stress can be associated with many
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Because curly hair has a tendency to be dryer‚ more brittle and prone to frizz it requires more careful treatment than straight hair to keep it looking its best. First let’s find out what makes hair curly in the first place. There is more than one school of thought on this subject. Some hair scholars believe whether your hair is straight or curly depends on the shape of the hair shaft‚ which is determined by the shape of the hair follicle. A cross section view of a straight hair would appear round
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Memory and formatting d. Memory is not a recorder!!! Consider this statement and citing two sources‚ explain two reasons why eye witness testimonies are considered unreliable. Eyewitness testimony is an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human memory. According to Saul Mcleod‚ eyewitness testimony is a legal term that refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed. For example they may be required to give a description at a trial of a robbery or a road
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Effect of anxiety in eye witness testimony Eyewitness Testimony refers to witnesses who are asked to give testimonies in court to particular crimes. Anxiety is amongst several other factors that can affect the accuracy of EWT. Depending on the anxiety level a witness has experienced‚ their recall level can either be more or less accurate. Loftus 1979‚ investigated the effect of anxiety on eye witness testimony accuracy. She asked participants to sit outside a laboratory where they thought they
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OPVL #1 The origin of the document is the sworn testimony of Thomas Fessenden‚ a colonial onlooker‚ to the Justices of the Peace in Middlesex County. The purpose of the document was to establish who fired the first shot. One value to the document would be that the person was sworn under oath when he made his testimony‚ so he was aware of the serious consequences of lying about the events. Another would be that he was very specific in all of the details. A limitation to the document would be that
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Title: Hair Lab Object: Analyze hair samples Procedure: Same as in lab handout Results: See attached data sheet Conclusion: This type of lab analysis is important to the field of forensic science because you could link a person to a crime. The removal of hair from the body often denotes physical contact between a victim and perpetrator and hence a crime of a serious or violent nature. Forensic scientists would find this lab useful because they would be able to determine if the hairs were human
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African hair sculpture is what they call it and Africa and to them it is an art. Africans hardly ever leave their hair or their body plain or in the book‚ it says "natural" state. It says that they spend a lot of time and energy on grooming and self-admiration. Sounds like it’s the same way there as it is here because I love to "groom." Ha ha. Anyway‚ it says they spend a lot of time on their hair and looks but special attention to their hair. The "art" of hairdressing was practiced mostly for women
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