false eye witness testimonies. Eye witness testimonies are the accounts given in the courtroom during a grand jury or trial by a witness at the event of a crime. False eye witness testimonies convict innocent people into prison. Out of the 80‚000 prosecutions a year that rely on eye witnesses‚ about half get convicted. Of those half‚ we are still sending 5‚000 innocent people to prison each year. There are many reasons why eye witness testimonies are unreliable. Eye witness testimonies rely on 3 basic
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The Principal as a Decision Maker. A school principal is an education administrator who oversees the day to day operations of the school. He or she offers instructional leadership to everyone in the school. These include the administrative staff‚ faculty and students. The role of a school principal is that of a guide to the students as well as a disciplinarian. There is much more to the position than that‚ however it is a complex job that offers numerous challenges‚ each day different from the day
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Memory and Eyewitness Testimony are two concepts which are studied within the topic of cognitive psychology. It is important to investigate these processes to aid in the understanding of how individuals cognitively process ideas and how this may affect specific behaviors. From a psychological perspective‚ memory can be defined as‚ “The capacity to retain and store information” (holah.co.uk‚ 2006). The further researches into the topic of memory allow it to greatly contribute toward societies’ legal
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This essay concerns the observation of a court trial following the commitment of a murder. The trial involved two types of vulnerable participants‚ children and persons for whom English was either not spoken or was a second language. The court trial‚ as well as the reporting of the crime to the police‚ were both affected by misunderstandings between the various parties‚ due to language and cultural differences. The complainant‚ (who was later arrested and charged with murdering his wife)‚ a native
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When one thinks of human trafficking and abolishing it forever‚ it is quite difficult to imagine someone who would be against trying to stop this heinous act. I will endeavor to show who these organizations are and how they oppose the law’s‚ government institutions and NGO’s trying to abolish human trafficking. I will also expose the myths and fallacies of human trafficking in an attempt to bring honesty and truth to this very disturbing subject. In view of the plight of those trafficked‚ something
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Eyewitness testimony rely only on people’s memory‚ In my research I am going to discuss the age of the eyewitness‚ reconstructive memory‚ weapon focus‚ anxiety‚ types of questioning‚ and different studies that have been conducted on these areas. Earlier I mentioned the pros and cons of eyewitness testimony and wanted to go into further details with that. Pros: 1. It can shed light into the sequence of the events that constitute the crime. The eyewitness testimony supports the lawyers and the
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Forensics is the study of scientific methods used in crime detection. This field of study also incorporates other fields of study such as chemistry‚ biology‚ physics‚ geology‚ medicine‚ meteorology‚ and psychology (Forensic science‚ 2008). Forensic evidence can be used to prove a person guilty in the courts of law (Forensics). Forensics is a Latin adjective that means “of or before a forum or place of meeting.” Today‚ forensics is a synonym for legal or court related. Also‚ because the term is so
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Hostile witnesses These are people believed to have witnessed an offence‚ part of an offence or events closely connected with it‚ but who are opposed to the investigative process and/or biased against the examining party. The reasons for their opposition might include their lifestyle or they may have a close relationship with the alleged perpetrator and intend to appear in court as a defense witness. Some of these witnesses may simply refuse to cooperate with the police‚ others might provide false
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Principal Joe Clark addresses to East Side High students as the new principal By: Morgan Freeman In the movie “Lean on Me” Principal Joe Clark gives a speech on the students who waste time at the school doing nothing but keep the others from learning‚ and corrupting those around them. That now he is removing all those who were in that group and concentrating on the others who are the key to improve this school. Which he explains that they must take a test that will help keep this school the
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Eyewitness testimony is one of the least reliable methods of identification our criminal justice system has. It has been shown through many different studies that eyewitness testimony can lead to faulty identification driven by false memories. Although this information is widely known‚ eyewitness testimony is still used as an important aspect of most criminal cases. Eyewitness testimony can make or break a defendant’s fate. The chapter illustrated important elements that often alter a witness’s memory
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