Eyewitness Accounts Lesson PDF

28 OCT 2024 Monday Mr. Ortiz [email protected] Canvas: 28 OCT Eye Witness Powerpoint and FITB 29 OCT Eye Witness – WebQuest 30 OCT Lab 31 OCT Test – CARD MUST BE 3x5 CARD 01 NOV Lab (all assignements lock)  An eyewitness is a person who has seen someone, or something, related to a cr...

28 OCT 2024 Monday Mr. Ortiz [email protected] Canvas: 28 OCT Eye Witness Powerpoint and FITB 29 OCT Eye Witness – WebQuest 30 OCT Lab 31 OCT Test – CARD MUST BE 3x5 CARD 01 NOV Lab (all assignements lock)  An eyewitness is a person who has seen someone, or something, related to a crime and can communicate their observations.  Eyewitness accounts of crime- scene events vary considerably from one person to another.  What you observe depends on several factors:  level of interest  prior knowledge  biases  itness Accounts  Did you know?... Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide. Still, the criminal justice system profoundly relies on eyewitness identification and testimony for investigating and prosecuting crimes.  Do you believe that eyewitness accounts are a reliable form of itness Accounts Let’s dive into this topic a little more and see what the research says. Complete the Eyewitness Testimony WebQuest Assignment. itness Accounts  Though this topic is highly debatable, most states have accepted eyewitness accounts as “flawed” science.  Investigators still use eyewitness accounts to produce “leads” that then help to gain additional evidence that CAN be used to convict a suspect.  Additionally, the testimony of an eyewitness  Eyewitness testimony: when an eyewitness testifies in court about a crime  Jurors rank eyewitness testimony as one of the most influential pieces of evidence that sways them to a conviction.  Do you find this alarming? Why or why itness Accounts  People are likely to view the same scene in different ways, depending on many factors.  People’s memory can also be influenced, molded, and manipulated.  Example: The Bunny Effect Video Link: https://youtu.be/_RLvSGYxDIs? si=tPQowFMF43Cy07Uf  Would you be a good eyewitness? Video Link: https://youtu.be/Yt3GVbH_uuE?si=Jz4BeZo-l0VsSmvj itness Accounts  Investigators will often enlist the help of a forensic sketch artist.  Forensic sketch artists work with police to interview victims or witnesses of crimes in order to recreate a semi-realistic drawing that reflects the image of the perpetrator to the best of the witness’s memory.  Forensic sketch artists should be able to create these drawings from only a description and must be able to extrapolate itness Accounts  The difficulty in the art of forensic sketching is that much of it relies on the witness.  The artist must be able to relate with this person, who may be distraught at what they have witnessed, and find a way to interview them and interpret their descriptions.  In addition, witness testimony is notoriously unreliable, as memory in a stressful situation is not very accurate.  Witnesses may believe they saw things that they did not, or some similar situation, which can lead to itness Accounts  Is it time to retire the police sketch? Video Link: https://youtu.be/h81SuD2pltM? si=89MIGPrlUP40RpPl