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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"exonerations"”.
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The nautical fault defence- an anachronism or a concept of the future?
… the carrier from his liability. One of these exonerations is the 'nautical fault' defence of the carrier. This defence exonerates the carrier from liability for loss or damage arising or resulting from act, neglect or default of the master, mariner, pilot, or the servants of the carrier in the …
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The influence of personal factors on wrongful convictions
… data collected by the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE). Using a sample of 2,349 cases in which the most severe conviction was murder, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, or drug possession, I examine the influence of an exoneree’s age, race, and biological sex on time to exoneration …
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Multiple independent lineups: A procedure for corroborating eyewitness identification evidence in children
… of wrongful convictions (National Registry of Exonerations, 2019). This study examined a novel eyewitness technique to use with children, the multiple independent lineup (MIL) technique, to assess facial identification accuracy. A total of 486 children (60% male, 39% female, and 1% other; Mage …
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Juror Evaluation of Eyewitness Evidence
Since 1989, there have been 935 exonerations due in part to mistaken identification of eyewitnesses. The vast majority (94%) of these cases came from jury trials. These statistics suggest jurors lack understanding of what affects eyewitness’ memories and decisions. The current study assessed …
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An Insight into the Wrongly Convicted: Going beyond the Perceptions and Beliefs of the Causes
… criteria, challenges faced in handling exonerations, and the factors found that contributed to wrongful conviction cases worked on. This study revealed that the most common offenses related to wrongful convictions were murder, sexual assault, child sex abuse, and robbery. The factors …
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An Innocent Bystander Walks into a Bar: The Influence of Temporal Proximity and Familiarity on Unconscious Transference
<p>According to The Innocence Project, 69% of DNA exonerations in the United States involved mistaken eyewitness identification as a contributing factor to these errant convictions. Psychologists have contributed towards minimizing mistaken identifications by proposing best practices that law …
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The aldermen of Norwich, 1461-1509: a study of a civic elite.
… the city; the aldermen's cursus honorum; their exonerations and absence from their duties; and the costs and benefits of office. Chapter Two considers the occupations and trades of the aldermen and examines their influence within Norwich and in England as a whole. The third chapter tackles the …