Eye Witness Identification
- Eye witness misidentification is the action of inaccurately diagnosing an innocent individual as a criminal.
- Eye witness identification is not dependable for three reasons.
2. Flawed Memory
3. Faulty Procedures in Photo- Identification Line Up
Junk Science
- Junk science is inaccurate or false studies, data, and analysis that are used to form a biased opinion, especially in court of law.
- Many of the scientific results used in court are not valid.
- The techniques used by forensic scientists are not reliable.
- Many times the forensic scientist are participating in misconduct.
False Confessions
- A false confession is the admission of a crime one did not commit.
- Reasons one may confess
- Believed to be more beneficial
- Ignorance of the law
- Coercion
Bad Lawyering
- Lawyers may to be busy, overworked, or unprepared.
- This leads to them being inattentive toward the case.