Wednesday, March 09, 2011

How reliable are you senses?


 Eyewitness of others can be trusted to a certain extent. They are not 100% reliable because most senses can be distracted or mistaken depending on the surroundings or the alteration of the brain.

Falsely Accused or Imprisoned People
Greg Taylor

Greg Taylor was convicted of murdering Jacquetta Thomas, a woman he had never met.
He swore his innocence from the start, but every appeal failed. Taylor got a break, when a novel fact-finding agency called the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission recommended his case to a three-judge panel for further review.

The judges declared him innocent and set him free.

He was the first prisoner in the nation to earn his freedom through such a process.

He had spent 17 years longing for his home and family.

1 comment:

  1. An interesting case study Jia Yi. Could you develop your explanation of factors that can affect the accuracy and reliability of eye witnesses?

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