The Accuracy of an Eyewitness Testimony Student: Amy Mason Number: 2842657 Tutor: Serena Nicholls Tutorial Time: Thursday 10am - 10:50am Due date: Friday 21st September 21‚ 2012 Word count: 1858 Psychological research shows that eyewitness testimony is not always accurate‚ therefore it should not be used in the criminal justice system. Discuss. The reliability if an eyewitness testimony is questionable. The witness may be so certain that the person that thy are pointing out is one hundred
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is morally justifiable to continue to practice the death penalty for convicted felons who are a threat to society. The death penalty is authorized in 37 states in the United States as well as by the U.S. Military. There are 13 states as well as the District of Columbia that do not practice the death penalty. Capital punishment‚ another term used for the death penalty in the United States‚ is reserved mainly for those convicted of aggravated murder or felony murder. Other crimes that may fall under
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INNOCENCE PROJECT Jessica Hein Axia College of University Next I will be showing everyone the statistics of how many people have been wrongfully convicted of crimes. “Overall in the United States there have been 227 post-conviction from DNA exonerations. The year 1989 this was when the first DNA exoneration took place. The exonerations were won in 33 states in the year 2000. The total amount of exonerations has been 162. In the total amount of 227 exonerations only 17 people were exonerated through
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“aggressive use of the death penalty‚ wrongful convictions‚ and flawed evidence procedures” have sparked doubts in people about the Texas judicial system (Champagne & Harpham‚ 2015‚ p. 445). There have been countless instances in Texas of people wrongfully convicted and put to death through the death penalty. DNA evidence arises years later‚ proving the person was innocent‚ and that they were executed for a crime they did not commit. This happens so much in Texas that the state has become “the home of
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The effectiveness of the criminal trial process as a means of achieving justice The criminal trial process aims to provide justice for all those involved‚ while it succeeds in the majority of cases‚ it effectiveness is influenced and reduced by certain factors. These include the legal representation involved in a case and the availability of legal aid‚ the capacity of the jury assessing the trial‚ the credibility of scientific evidence and the impact of social media on the trial process. Due to
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There are several reasons for wrongful convictions. Half of the wrongful convictions can be blamed on police misconduct and other wrongful convictions included false statements and mistaken identity. Wrongful convictions could and should be prevented. One of the most common forms of police misconduct is use of force. We can reduce and eliminate wrongful convictions by punishing police and witnesses who conduct illegal activity and lie on the stand under oath. Introduction Wrongful conviction
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prison‚ and‚ worst of all‚ risks executions of innocent people (Sharp 2014). Capital Punishment has been used as a form of punishment for many years. As of today‚ many people have been and still are wrongfully convicted. Many innocent people will be given the death penalty because of being wrongfully convicted. The death penalty is also an easy way out for most criminals. They rather choose the death penalty over life sentence‚ because they don’t want to live in prison for the rest of their lives. Also
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Discuss the meaning of justice. Critically analyse the extent to which the law is successful in achieving justice‚ and discuss the difficulties which is faces in seeking to do so. (30 marks + 5 AO3) Justice is central to our law. Most would agree the law should be just‚ but justice is not easy to define. The concept has been studied by many philosophers all of whom have their own theories of what a just society should be. Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher‚ was born 384 years before Christ (BC). He
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Crime is a plague that our nation faces on a daily basis. Theft‚ assault‚ and kidnapping are just a few common crimes. What about the crimes that are much more gruesome? The murders and rapes that happen throughout our country need proper sentences and this is where the death penalty comes in. Though there are many people for and against the penalty itself‚ I’m not here to discuss that. I’m here to discuss the argument of whether or not the death penalty should take the length of time that it usually
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innocent. Experts from the same organization have stated that this is a low estimate and could possibly be much higher. Based on this fact alone it is completely immoral for any to support the death penalty. We have constantly seen the wrong people convicted to later be exonerated based DNA‚ new witnesses‚ and newly discovered evidence. As stated before another reason is that it is barbaric. How is it barbaric? For starters it is state-sanctioned premeditated murder‚ and no matter how carried out
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