PSYCH 3CC3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eyewitness Testimony, Steven Avery, Innocence Project
17 Feb 2016
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Steven avery: convicted in 1983 of rape on the basis of eyewitness identification. Innocence project estimates 73% of false convictions based on mistaken eyewitness identification. Wise et al. (2009): attorneys & eyewitness testimony: 75 prosecutors, ~1200 defense attorneys completed, 13-question survey. Witness" ability to recall minor crime detail is good indicator of accuracy of perpetrator id. Lineup should not be conducted by officer who knows which individual is the suspect. Eyewitness testimony based partly on information obtained later from police, media, other witnesses. 66/96. Presence of weapon can affect ability to accurately identify perpetrator"s face. 50/88. High levels of stress can impair accuracy of eyewitness testimony. 59/91. Jurors can distinguish between accurate and inaccurate eyewitnesses. 38/89: prosecuting attorneys do not understand eyewitness testimony that well whereas defensive attorneys do. Brown, deffenbacher & sturgill (1977): first demonstration of mugshot exposure effect". Asked whether each a suspect" and for confidence.
