CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Junk Science, Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecutorial Misconduct
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Objectives: to understand key factors that contribute to wrongful convictions in canada, to highlight a few key examples of wrongful convictions in canada, to examine the case of william mullins johnson. Discussion: q: what are some cases of wrongful conviction that you are familiar with, clicker example: eyewitness. Leading causes of wrongful conviction: eyewitness misidenti cation, professional misconduct, false confessions, erroneous forensic evidence, jailhouse informants, racial bias. Professional misconduct: professional misconduct can be on the part of the prosecution, police, or judiciary, police are central, tunnel vision, prosecutorial misconduct, defense misconduct. March 1st, 2018: coerced-compliant, coerced persuaded, non-coerced persuaded. Erroneous forensic evidence: use of forensic evidence and junk science, tainted or contaminated evidence, example: dr. smith, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=f5-53fhgq5a, 1 6 minutes; 9 minutes 13. 55. Jailhouse informants: don"t go to the pen, send a friend , a prisoner provides info to the police, this is often bias, prisoner bene ts.
