JIM GROOM NOTES Sources of human information The truth finding mission- most false convictions are made because of false witness statements Facial Identification Hard to describe a person’s features in words‚ but it is very easy to identify someone. Misattribution- you think someone assaults you‚ but it is actually a guy who lives in your apartment building and did not do it. You just miss inform yourself of what actually went down Change Blindness- cognitive attention and instinctive
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a vocabulary exercise you hear:) "I have a compromise to meet him at 6:00 this evening" - “Compromise? If we want meet somebody‚ how do we call it in English?”-“I have an appointment at 6:00 this evening”-“Exactly!” I think it’s more related to false cognate usage. And in this case I’d correct this mistake immediately. • (During a discussion you hear:) "I go ski next weekend". After discussion I’d say: “I go ski… next weekend” (I’d indicate with my voice) – “Skiing”- “Right‚ now say the full sentence”
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Research Paper: Why do innocent people confess in the interrogation room? An accused is found guilty because of his/her own confession that he/she made in the interrogation room. He/She spends many years in jail without saying anything. However‚ another person comes forward and accepts responsibility for that same crime a few years later. As it turns out‚ the person who initially confessed to the crime was innocent. So‚ why did he/she confess to a crime he/she did not commit? To answer this
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Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong In Brandon L. Garrett’s book‚ Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong‚ he makes it very clear how wrongful convictions occur and how these people have spent many years in prison for crimes they never committed. Garrett presents 250 cases of innocent people who were convicted wrongfully because the prosecutors opposed testing the DNA of those convicted. Garrett provided simple statistics such as graphs‚ percentages
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person’s reputation who has been damaged due to defamation can sue for damages. Section 2b of the CORAF guarantees freedom of speech and expression yey people are not allowed to make false or ungrounded accusations. Mar 228:46 AM For a statement to be defamatory it must meet the following criteria: • Must be false • Must be heard or read by a third party • Bring the defamed person into ridicule‚ hatred or contempt Mar 228:48 AM Slander Slander is defamation through spoken words‚ sounds
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by DNA evidence made a false confession or incriminating statement (Costanzo & Gerrity 2009). If law enforcement relied on physical or psychological tactics to gain information‚
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Basics Debate Should online libel be punishable by the cybercrime law? a) What is defamation/ libel? Generally‚ defamation is a false and unprivileged statement of fact that is harmful to someone’s reputation‚ and published "with fault‚" meaning as a result of negligence or malice. Libel is a written defamation; slander is a spoken defamation. b) Can my opinion be defamatory? No—but merely labeling a statement as your "opinion" does not make it so. Courts look at whether
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There are four main types of dreams—daydreams‚ normal dreams‚ false awakenings and lucid dreams. 1) Scientific studies reveal that most people daydream for a 70-120 minutes per day. During this time‚ you are only semi-awake - not asleep‚ but not fully checked-in with reality‚ either. It starts with a compelling thought‚ memory‚ or fantasy about the future‚ and your imagination runs away. The longer you daydream‚ the deeper you become immersed in your private fantasy land. In daydreams‚ the right
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Strategies to Reduce Monitor Alarm Fatigue Courtney Conner University of South Alabama Strategies to Reduce Monitor Alarm Fatigue Monitor alarms are designed to alert caregivers to changes in a patient’s condition and can save lives‚ but majority of the alarms do not require clinical intervention. However‚ as the number of alarms encountered by clinicians on a daily basis rises‚ it has become difficult for caregivers to distinguish between clinically significant alarms and nuisance alarms. As a result
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technique compromises the interrogation process and increases the likelihood of eliciting a false confession (Russano‚ et al.‚ 2005) This support the argument that using false evidence against innocent people causes them to internalize the blame for the act which increases their risk to confess (Kostelnik‚ & Reppucci‚ 2009). The study also found that a disproportionate number of juveniles are convicted based on false confessions (Kostelnik‚ & Reppucci‚ 2009). The interrogation process is the same for both
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