Key Question Flashcards
What is eyewitness testimony?
An individual’s recollection of a crime or accident, that they personally saw or experienced.
What is the weapon focus effect?
A phenomenon where a witness’s attention is drawn to a weapon during a crime, which can impair their ability to recall other details.
What is the Devlin Report?
Concluded that the process of identification was inherently fallible and recommended that such prosecutions should cease save in exceptional circumstances.
What is the Innocence Project?
Works to free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated and to bring reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment.
What does the Innocence Project focus on?
Exclusively on post-conviction appeals in which DNA evidence is available to be tested or re-tested.
