tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2317076946793845112..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The EyewitnessOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-90068158107813522492014-06-20T19:20:16.010-04:002014-06-20T19:20:16.010-04:00And it's cases like those that convinced me to...And it's cases like those that convinced me to be 100% against the death penalty. Humans err. No matter how heinous the crimes, even ONE innocent person put to death is one too many (and there HAVE been many!)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35208782886905503452014-06-20T16:49:45.197-04:002014-06-20T16:49:45.197-04:00Hi,
thanks to all for you comments and to Everett...Hi,<br /> thanks to all for you comments and to Everett for the link. We studied the Cotton/Poole case last week. Two men so alike that the prison warders often got them confused. One innocent but found guilty of rape by victim ID ; cleared by DNA 11 years later. It sounds like a perfect storm of facial features, lack of alibi, wrong place and wrong time. <br />Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-60878133571553517532014-06-20T15:41:21.558-04:002014-06-20T15:41:21.558-04:00Here's the 60 Minutes report that I mentioned,...Here's the 60 Minutes report that I mentioned, watchable (or readable) on-line:<br />http://www.cbsnews.com/news/eyewitness-how-accurate-is-visual-memory/Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-68550502107037378332014-06-20T14:07:09.150-04:002014-06-20T14:07:09.150-04:00This should be mandatory reading by all newspaper ...This should be mandatory reading by all newspaper reporters. And police. And juries. Oh heck. Everyone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6757306214756541132014-06-20T11:40:37.393-04:002014-06-20T11:40:37.393-04:00It's so much easier writing in a country where...It's so much easier writing in a country where knowledgeable readers so readily accept that politics trumps all.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37102961575449167562014-06-20T09:48:23.674-04:002014-06-20T09:48:23.674-04:00I'd seen a piece on 60 Minutes (always to be t...I'd seen a piece on 60 Minutes (always to be taken with a grain of salt, but this piece seemed pretty solid) a year or two ago about eyewitness IDs and how often they fail, focusing on a woman who was raped, ID'd her rapist, and he spent many years in jail before being cleared by DNA evidence. Now, they're VERY close and are working together to improve police departments' (and the general public's) understanding of the 'frailty' of eyewitness ID and many of the issues that you touched upon. Great post!Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-88798251678711636652014-06-20T08:53:00.638-04:002014-06-20T08:53:00.638-04:00Caro, this is fascinating and incredibly useful. ...Caro, this is fascinating and incredibly useful. As you probably have heard, my series that starts with Strange Gods will follow the Ten Commandments. I am printing this now and putting into my file for its general usefulness in creating plot twists, but especially for the book based on the 9th: Thou shat not bear false witness against they neighbor! THANK YOU!!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.com