Why have so many people been convicted of crimes they didn't commit based on eyewitness identification?
A) ?No one has ever been convicted of a crime based on faulty eyewitness identification.
B) ?Eyewitnesses are often paid off by the prosecution or threatened by police to help gain a conviction.
C) ?Eyewitnesses can overlook facial features of people of different races, transfer memories of people from different settings, or have poor recall due to stress.
D) ?Judges allow prosecutors to find people with a grudge against a defendant to serve as eyewitnesses.
C
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d. In terms of GDP, China has grown faster than other rapidly developing countries. e. GDP per capita in China is low when compared to more developed economies.
Brazil is the _____________ largest economy in the world
a. fifth b. fifteenth c. twentieth d. third e. fourth
Imagine that your state wishes to privatize its prison system. One drawback of doing so might be that
a. prisoners would likely serve longer sentences. b. private prisons will have a harder time finding workers. c. the private prison might pay its workers higher wages, costing the state money. d. profit motives may lead private prisons to cut corners, threatening safety or prisoner well-being.
Implementation of Brown v. Board of Education included the use of military force
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.