a huge impact on the fate of the trial. It was believed that the lineup sequence can pose a problem in proper identification of the suspect. So the comparison of Sequential Lineup Procedure versus Simultaneous Lineup Procedure was scientifically carried out by Steblay et al. (2011). After that Wells et al. (2014) conducted further research. Instead of interpreting information collected from various sequential and simultaneous lineups performed in laboratories and using this laboratory data they studied
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At some point in time we have all had the joy of sitting in a waiting room. That visit to your doctor, the nail shop, the dreadful dentist office, nerve wreaking job interviews, or any type of government offices that typically require you to wait before you get called back. That wait can expose you to some very irritating habits of other people. In every waiting room you tend to encounter at least one of these groups of people. You have the cell phone talkers who don’t have a problem sharing
My Own Choice to Die One quiet summer afternoon I lay gazing into the big, blue sky watching the clouds form into immense moving objects that catch my eye for a second. I saw everything from birds to alligators and occasionally a car or bus. While staring at the sky in a world of my own I heard a clamor coming from the front of the house. I turned over on my stomach peering through the tall pampas grass that landscapes our backyard. I lay gazing through the grass as if I was a jungle cat searching
photo lineups. Overall, although sequential photo lineups are not infallible, they retain a multitude of advantages and are a superior alternative to simultaneous photo lineups. Importance of Using
freed and acquitted of crimes they did not commit (Arduengo &Adam, 2014: Malpass, Roy, 2006). In approximately 75% of these cases, faulty eyewitness identifications were a significant cause to their false imprisonment. One can clearly see that today’s lineup procedures do not effectively protect innocent individuals, nor do they take into consideration the different abilities of individuals to memorise faces . Despite the known problems with eyewitness memory, courts and juries will continue to rely on
When presented with a lineup, a witness automatically assumes that the offender is in the lineup, similar to when taking a test. As humans, when we are presented with a question and a list of possible answers, we automatically assume that one of them is the correct one. It never occurs to us that they could all
During the identification and prosecution of a suspect, eyewitnesses are the most important. Eyewitness testimony needs to be reliable as it can have serious implications to the perceived guilt or innocence of a defendant. Unfortunately, the reliability of eyewitness testimony is questionable because there is a high number of eyewitness misidentification. Rattner (1988) studied 205 cases and concluded that eyewitness misidentification was the factor most often associated with wrongful conviction
before I had read the article and this is why I was interested in it. When an eyewitness is present in a criminal investigation they are asked to identify the suspect. Witnesses are asked the description of the perpetrator then the officers create a lineup off of the description with the most closely looking “suspects”. The identification of a suspect is very detrimental to a criminal investigation. It can be very useful in a criminal investigation if a suspect is identified, and no other sig...
violated when Wade was presented in a lineup without his counsel present. Wade had already been indicted for robbery when he was presented to witnesses in the same fashion as the robber appeared at the bank, with strips f tape on his face. In the case of Wade, the court held that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was not violated by his mere presence or repeating words uttered by the suspect of the crime he was accused. However, since the lineup was conducted post indictment, and
One October night in 1982, three young girls were sleeping alone in a Shreveport, Louisiana home when a man in cowboy boots broke into the house. He proceeded to rape the oldest girl, who was ten years old at the time, and then fled the scene. When police started to investigate the rape, the three girls all reported remembering the attack, and the attacker, in radically different ways. Crimes reports varied, one report stating that the victim had seen her attacker’s face, one reporting that she hadn’t
There is increasingly number of false eyewitness identification over the years. Some believe that it is still reliable and some still think that is not always reliable. In 1907, essay On the Witness Stand, written by Hugo Munsterberg a forensic psychology pioneer was published questioning the reliability of it (Munsterberg, 1908). It is unknown to how reliable eyewitness can be and it is hard to tell whether the person is providing the best truth about the suspect. Eyewitness testimony was created
Other factors to consider are the body language of an officer administering a lineup, as well as psychological influences such as witness recollection merging over time with the original event. Our minds are highly susceptible to suggestion, a police officer unknowingly leading us to a picture in a lineup, as they know the history of the people shown in the lineup. Over time we become more certain in the identification we made, as our recollection merges with the original
Eyewitness testimony has long been viewed as important evidence in court cases. The general population believes eyewitness identification more than any other evidence, even if the witness account is conflicting with the other evidence presented. Studies show that eyewitness testimony is unreliable, and yet it is still considered the most important form of evidence. People think that if a person says they saw something then it must have happened. Currently there are no universal guidelines on
eyewitness testimonies, as this has been a major source of convicting innocent people, who have been later proven innocent by forensic DNA. The eyewitness identification process typically involves selecting the alleged perpetrator from a police lineup, though it can also be based upon police sketches and other methods. Not long after
even after all the effort she placed into ensuring her assailant was convicted, and picking the same individual out of both a photo and physical line up, she still was unable to identify the correct person. When Jennifer participated in the photo lineup she was given several photos to choose from, it took some careful study and narrowing down for Jennifer to decide that her assailant was Ronald Cotton. Even when the Ricky Cotton was found to be innocent of the crime against Jennifer it took her a
Eyewitness testimony is the evidence given in a court or in police investigations by an individual who has witnessed a crime or offense (Loftus, 2003). Eyewitness testimonies rely heavily upon a human’s memory. “Given the complex interaction of perception, memory, judgment, social influence, and communication processes that lead up to an eyewitness’s story of what happened, it should hardly be surprising that such testimony often is a faulty version of the original event (Wells, 1987)." Eyewitness
when witness were to take to identify Ochoa, Ochoa should wear same t-shirt, and wear same cap that was same as the prepetrator’s description. Instructions: The person viewing the lineup should be told that the perpetrator may or may not be in the lineup and that the investigation will continue regardless of the lineup result. This reduces the pressure on the witness of feeling like they have to pick a perpetrator. The witness should also be told not to look to the administrator for guidance. Confidence
Eyewitness testimony plays a very large role in the American court system. It has been proven that a courts decision regarding the guilt of an accused person often depends on an eyewitness’ testimony and identification (Aronson, Wilson & Akert, 2010). To a jury eyewitness testimony is one of the most convincing forms of evidence is (Goldstein, 2008). When an eyewitness testifies and identifies a person as the criminal, his testification is given a lot of weight, and it is likely that the person identified
Safety for Soccer Players Consumerism is “the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.” In other words, what consumers, (the buyer) are interested in, or like. The topic I chose, is about safety for soccer players. 4% of the world plays soccer which is about 265 million. Over 3.5 million children each year get some type of injuries while playing soccer. There has been so many injuries in soccer, that a few smart people took it upon themselves to make equipment for the soccer