Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Blind Experiment, False Memory Syndrome, Procedural Justice

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Civil cases: one party (plantiff) brings a complaint against another (the defendant) for violating the former"s rights in some way. Criminal cases: someone commits a crime and the police arrest a suspect, the crown attorney"s office usually decides whether there is enough evidence to press formal charges. If there is adequate evidence to press charges, lawyers from both defence and prosecution gather additional evidence, and negotiate with each other. In the case of sophonow, he was wrongfully convicted for 4 years and went through 4 trials, eyewitness testimony was against him, and until dna evidence was found to show it was not him, he was in prison. Get got 2. 7 million dollar compensation: how did eyewitness testimony say it was him, and how accurate are people at identifying who committed the crime. In canada, the legal system places large emphasis on eye witness testimony.