Being a witness/memory and attention
What is the role of being a witness?
Being a witness includes you giving evidence you have from the crime to the court.
How can you tell if someone died by being strangled or just natural death?
You can tell if the person got strangled by the color of the body's skin which would be white.
What are some techniques to search a crime scene?
THey use different patterns to search for different crime scenes.
How does the innocence project use DNA to help wrongfully convicted people?
They take DNA tests and it shows that they are not linked to the actual crimes and can try and help find the actual person who committed the crime.
What is a struggle a witness could have?
They can struggle with remembering small details like what the person looked like or what they saw or heard during the crime when put under pressure.
How can you tell what the victim's wounds are made from?
You can tell by the size, the borders/patterns of injury, the orientation on the surface of the skin, the location, the thrust of the perpetrator, and if they are consistent with defensive actions.
What are some steps of a crime scene investigation?
Identifying the scene dimensions, tapping around the perimeter, and creating a plan are some steps of a crime scene investigation.
What does the innocence prject do?
They help wrongfully convicted people get justice for cromes they didn't commit and helps the victims find the correct person who did the crime.
What might be a question a witness could get during court?
The judge could ask "how could you be sure that is what you remember seeing/ hearing?"
How can you detect drug or alcohol in a human body?
You can detect them by taking blood tests, urine samples, or looking at the liver.
What is one pattern that they might use to search a crime scene?
They might use the spiral search which is used when the investigation is in a larger area and it begins at one end and continues forward in the same direction.
What evidence does the innocence prject use?
They use DNA evidence.