Should eyewitness testimony be used as evidence in a court of law? Discuss using research and/ or psychological theory to support your views. By: Megan Hong Word Count = 799 (Not including headings and bibliography) Eyewitness testimony is the account a bystander gives in the courtroom‚ describing what they perceived happened during the specific incident under investigation. Ideally this recollection of events is detailed; however this is not always the case. This recollection is used as
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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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Amy J. Fitzgerald conducted a research article on ‘‘It’s a Horrible Coincidence’’: Corporate Responsibility and the 2007 Pet Food Recall. The purpose of the article is to expose corporate crime‚ and it’s affair with the media. The article is mainly based on the 2007 pet food recall incident‚ involving Menu Foods. Furthermore Amy touches on Tembec‚ which is a company that produces seafood and livestock. In addition‚ Amy discusses how China fits into this study. Finally she puts the microscope on Menu
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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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J. Edgar Hoover‚ the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ was found dead on May 2‚ 1972. His age before death was 77. WASHINGTON NEWS BUREAU said FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died at his home during the night do to a massive heart attack. “He was appointed as the fifth director of the Bureau of Investigation — the FBI’s predecessor — in 1924 and was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935‚ where he remained director until his death in 1972 at the age of 77. Hoover has been credited
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narrative of religious nationalism‚ displacement and communal violence between the two nation states of India and Pakistan or more definitively the Muslims and Hindus. In Urvashi Butalia’s (2000‚ pp.264-300) “The Other Side of Silence” the oral testimony of Maya Rani‚ a Punjabi woman who was a child living in Pakistan during the Partition is particularly important to the histiography surrounding the event as it is told from a different perspective by a person not directly involved in the conflict
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Natalie Erdman Miss Atz English 9 Honors (Period 4) 15 February 2012 Mayella’s Testimony I hear someone call my name‚ my full name “Mayella Violet Ewell!” I can hear it loud and clear‚ I’m so scared. I know what really happened but I can’t tell. I walk toward the witness stand‚ terrified. I stop before enterin’‚ take the oath sayin I’ll say the truth‚ the whole truth‚ and nothing but the truth; but it’s all a lie‚ the oath and what I’ll testify. I’m sittin’ in the stand‚ lookin’ the
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Eyewitness Testimony: Effects of Gender on Memory Recall Georgia College and State University Abstract Eyewitness testimony is a frequently used tool in the judicial system. Although studies have shown that eyewitness testimony is not always accurate due to the many different factors that affect our everyday memory‚ this study focused on gender being a factor in memory recall. Male and female participants were shown a video of a crime that was taking place. Participants watched a video
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In 2015‚ the 2015 Child Maltreatment Report from The Children’s Bureau‚ shows an increase in child abuse referrals from 3.6 million to 4 million (American SPCC‚ 2017). Child abuse happens everyday. Discipline and child abuse are two different actions. Discipline is essential in shaping basic morals in children. Discipline does not have to be physical. Some examples of discipline are having to stay home when the child wants to go somewhere‚ take any electronics‚ etc. Over 18 % of the 686‚000 children
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The relevance of Bureau worth of smuggled items of Customs seizes Php50 Million. This news is related to Section 2609 and Section 2611 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines that are subjected to the Disposition of Contraband and Treatment of Dangerous Explosives wherefore‚contraband items that are seized by the Bureau of Customs shall be disposed of in accordance to law. It shall be subject to further investigation for the purpose of knowing if such contraband items are unfit for use
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