Witnesses
How reliable are eyewitness’ accounts in a trial?
not very reliable (ex. Innocence flies doc)
What was the most common type of murder in the early 1900s
Poisonings
What are the two different types of evidence?
Direct & Indirect
What is the purpose of the Innocence Project group?
to get the non-guilty out of jail
True or False: our brains sometimes make up things in order to make sense of an event.
True
In what city was the population warned about poisonings?
New York City
Identify things that can be defined as trace evidence.
hair, rope fibers, plant material, explosive materials, splinters, ect…
What type of evidence caused the majority of these false convictions?
eye witness accounts.
Name an effect that proves unreliable memory
The bugs bunny effect
Around what time did DNA profiling tests get created?
around the 1980s
What does securing a scene entail...
Blocking off the scene, taking photos of the scene, collecting weapons and other items of interest, ect..
Define Prejudice
An opinion about a person or thing based on the group they belong to (religion, race, gender..)