Eye Witness
What are eye witnesses?
A person who has personally witnessed a crime
What are DNA molecules
2 strands that wind around each other to make a double helix
the ways to properly store evidence?
in separate evidence bags
The goal of the innocence project
exonerate innocent people from jail
The likelihood of an eye witness being correct
Around 60%
How is DNA used in forensics
Can prove an identity
The lengths that police stations hold onto evidence?
until the person passes or forever depending on the crime
the percentage of eyewitness misidentification?
63%
The reliability factors of an eye witness
Memory reconstruction, lineup issues, visual characteristics, stress, anxiety, ect.
The ways people collect DNA from a crime scene
blood, feces, urin, saliva, hair, teeth, bone tissue, ect.
first tasks done when arriving at a crime scene?
Check on victim make, help them if they are still alive, but try not to move too much and take pictures before you do if you must
What is the year the innocence project was founded?
1992