Eyewitness Memory is Unreliable Marc Green Introduction Eyewitness identifications greatly sway both police and juries. As the Thomson example illustrates‚ an eyewitness identification can even outweigh a strong alibi supported by other testimony. This is sometimes unfortunate because eyewitness memory is highly fallible. Memory errors fall into two classes: people can 1) either completely fail to recall an event or 2) have an inaccurate recollection. People have very different attitudes about
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reasons why the reliability of eyewitness testimony in the United States judicial system today is all but flawed. There is only one way a witness can identify a suspect who has committed a crime‚ and it is called face to face recognition. Just getting a glimpse‚ bad weather‚ and bad lighting can hinder what a person can truly see. There have been several accounts of individuals that have been convicted‚ imprisoned‚ and put to death off of flawed testimonies by an eyewitness. In this I will attempt
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Eyewitness testimony or the testimonies given by eyewitnesses are often times used as evidence in court. A person who has seen a crime occur‚ mentions their account of what happened during the time a crime was committed. Typically‚ when people think of eyewitnesses‚ they think of adults as playing that role‚ but children also play an important part and serve as eyewitnesses as well. The testimonies given by the adult eyewitnesses and children eyewitnesses for many reasons‚ are problematic at times
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proven that the life of Mayella has been hard and has readers sympathize with Mayella because of her tough living situation‚ which is a run- down home with piles of discarded trash surrounding the front of it. And also because of the ‚ lack of money that circulates in the family‚ which has then caused herself and her siblings to go starved at times because they didn’t have any money to buy food. The author’s sympathetic attitude towards Mayella extends in chapter 18 when Mayella testifies in court against
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Robinson is not guily of raping Mayella Ewell. Firstly‚ it is evident that Mayella Ewell knows Atticus will break her. She knows hes a good lawyer and that is why she is so emotional at the start of the court session. Luckily for her though‚ she makes it through her testimony without breaking but its clear to see shes very nervous and on edge. Secondly‚ Tom is very calm and quick to answer every question in a very polite manner. His testimony is the complete opposite of Mayellas‚ but it plain to see Tom
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of November 21st Bob Ewell brought him to the Ewell house‚ where he found Mr. Ewell’s daughter‚ who had been badly beaten. When Mr. Tate asked her who did it‚ she said Tom Robinson‚ and when he asked her if Robinson had raped her‚ she said yes. However he did not call the doctor to check the injuries. When Atticus asked which Mayella’s eye was the black eye‚ he confirmed the girl’s own right eye was injured. Mr. Bob Ewell Mr. Bob Ewell said he came home and heard Mayella screaming inside the
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Hello judges‚ jurors‚ and everyone else present in this court room today. My name is Dr. Alyssa Diaz and I am an expert witness. I was called here to testify on this court case. Also I am here to inform you how examining a piece of hair from a suspect from a crime can help to find out who actually did commit the crime. There are some basic things that people should know about hair. A persons hair contains their DNA. Also there are several different parts of a persons
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those characters is Mayella Ewell. In this paper‚ Mayella Ewell using her class‚ gender‚ and race will prove how and why she has power. She has power because of her gender and race mostly. But he class does play a part in why she has power. In the 1930 there were laws that keep blacks and whites separated. Some of the laws were set to keep black men and white women or the other way around from intermingling. Mayella Ewell is an white young woman that is very poor and is abused by her father. Tom Robinson
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personal hygiene is going to make them able to prevent development and spread of infections‚ illnesses and bad odours. Kelly is very kind and understanding and through that she can easily get the attention of residents. They always listen to her and follow her advices. For example on one particular occasion I’ve witnessed when Kelly was explaining to one resident about factors that contribute to prsonal hygiene‚ such as having a wash‚ oral care‚ hair care‚ nail care and wound care if they have any
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Part (a) How does Lee use details in this passage to present the position of the Ewells in Maycomb society? ‘Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells objectify the Ewells removing their personality and shows them as a whole; it makes them insignificant as if they were nothing special because every small town had an ‘Ewell’. It also makes their name ‘Ewell’ be viewed negatively by people‚ showing that even a young girl like Scout is prejudice whether she realizes or not as she
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