Name the Claim
Causes of Wrongful Convictions
EJC
Junk Science
Famous Cases
200

A due-process violation based on the State failing to disclose evidence that is material and exculpatory. 

What is a Brady violation? 

200

Five most common causes of wrongful conviction

What is eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, official misconduct, perjury, and faulty forensic science?

200
An EJC office that might be haunted
Haggar
200

A means of dissecting written suspect statements while looking for markers of deception

SCAN (Scientific Content Analysis)

200

This group was convicted of assaulting a young woman in Central Park NYC and served 5-11 years in prison each.

Who are the Central Park Five?


400

A claim based that an attorney's conduct that fell below an "objective standard of reasonableness" that resulted in "a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors,” the outcome of the criminal proceeding would have been different. 

What is ineffective assistance of counsel?

400

Prosecutors are given this power to decide which cases to pursue—a power subject to abuse.

What is prosecutorial discretion?

400

Owner of a beautiful dog named Lucy Serena Williams

Anne

400

A process that tracks the movement of evidence through its collection, safeguarding, and analysis.

What is chain of custody?

400

Wrongfully convicted of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in Italy.

Amanda Knox

500

A due-process violation based on the State failing to disclose material evidence impacting the credibility of a witness.

What is a Giglio violation? 

500

4 best practices ( "Core Four") for preventing eyewitness misidentification.

What is double-blind administration, pre identification instructions, composition of lineup based on resemblance to the description provided by the eyewitness, and confidence statements?

500
Newspaper Christian used to write for

South Bend Tribune

500

A forensic discipline whose practitioners regard the drops, spatters and trails of blood at a crime scene as clues that can sometimes be used to reconstruct and even reverse-engineer the crime itself

Blood-Stain Pattern Analysis


500

The subject of the documentary "Making a Murderer", who is still incarcerated. 

Who is Steven Avery?

800

That evidence discovered since trial would probably have produced a different result at trial.

What is newly discovered evidence?

800

Most common cause of wrongful conviction, playing a role in 72% of convictions overturned through DNA testing. 

What is eyewitness misidentification? 

800

Position Professor Gurule held in in the Bush (2) administration

Under Secretary for Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Treasury

800

Analysts in this discipline think they can spot a murderer on the phone by analyzing speech patterns, tone, pauses, word choice and even the grammar used during emergency calls.

911 Call Analysis

800

This group of Latina lesbian women was convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls as a part of a satanic ritual. It was later found that the father of the girls told his daughters to fabricate the story, as one of the women rejected his advances. This group is also the subject of the documentary "Southwest of Salem".

San Antonio 4

1000

A due-process violation based on the State knowingly using false evidence, including false testimony, that had a reasonable likelihood of impacting the jury's verdict

What is a Napue violation?

1000

Over 70% of women exonerees were convicted in these kind of cases

What is a "no crime" case? 

1000

Team that won the SB Cubs game we attended

(bonus pts for final score)

Lake County Captains

(2-0) 

1000

Type of Junk Science Used to Convict Ted Bundy

Bite Mark Analysis
1000

This group, the subject of the documentary "Mind Over Murder", was exonerated in 2009.

Who are the Beatrix Six?

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