Discuss the various identification methods used in the criminal justice system.
1.Discuss the various identification methods used in the criminal justice system. Discuss some of the flaws with eye witness identifications?
2. What is the difference between physical evidence and circumstantial evidence? Which do you believe is more reliable to a jury? Discuss why.
3. What are some of the benefits and drawbacks to relying on DNA evidence in a criminal case?
Q2
Please review the two signed statements from witnesses. One is from Dawn Dietz, the prosecutor’s witness, and the other is from Joe “The Fireman”, the defense’s witness. Using these two witness statements and the facts provided to you in the week 1 discussion #2, answer the following questions:
1) If you were the prosecutor, how would you discredit the potential testimony of Joe The Fireman?
2) If you were the defense attorney, how would you discredit the potential testimony of Dawn Dietz?
3) Discuss some of the conflicts in the statements made by both Dietz and Joe and the facts provided in week 1.
4) What statements/testimony from the witnesses, the police officer and Mayo will be admissible and inadmissible? Discuss why.
Q3
Dorothy Smith claims that our knowledge of the world is dependent on our particular social location (our standpoint) in the world. Explain Smith’s standpoint theory and describe how your own particular social location influences your taken-for-granted knowledge of the social world. Also share a brief discussion of a news piece or article that relates to factors that can impact our social location/knowledge of the social world. Please include a link for the source; a full citation is not required.
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