The Introduction to Applied Module 3 (Social Psychology and the Law)tells

question 62

Multiple Choice

The introduction to Applied Module 3 (Social Psychology and the Law) tells a true story about Thomas Sophonow,who was falsely convicted of murdering a 16-year-old girl,and who waited in agony for more than 18 years before police reached the conclusion that he was not the killer.This introduction was designed to illustrate

• A) the unreliability of eyewitness testimony.
• B) that the legal system is bias-free.
• C) that false confessions are a serious problem in the criminal justice system.
• D) the effect of prosecutorial misconduct.
• E) the power of circumstantial evidence.

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