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Human Fallability

Human Fallability. Cheng Jie CHIK Yi Shin LEE Wei Zheng TEO Eugene TOH. Definition. fal·li·ble The likelihood of making errors i.e. the possibility of mistaken conviction in court. . Case study #1: Claude Jones. Ambiguity of evidence

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Human Fallability

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  1. Human Fallability Cheng Jie CHIK Yi Shin LEE Wei Zheng TEO Eugene TOH

  2. Definition • fal·li·ble • The likelihood of making errors • i.e. the possibility of mistaken conviction in court.

  3. Case study #1: Claude Jones • Ambiguity of evidence • Hair found at crime scene said to be Jones’s • Later tests matched it with the victim Claude Jones

  4. Case study #2: James Bain • Discrimination • Racial/religious prejudice • Jailed for life because of eyewitness misidentification • Request for DNA tests denied for 8 years James Bain

  5. Case study #3: Ismil Kadar • Singapore (July 2011) • Mentally disabled defendant (IQ 73) • Police did not follow proper procedure, and defendant did not realise • Sentence overturned after 6 years by an appeal court

  6. Case Study #4: Timothy Hennis • Wrongful Exoneration • 1st Trial: Convicted guilty • 2nd Trial: Exonerated after a retrial • Fight to prove ‘innocence’ was portrayed in a book and a movie • 3rd Trial: Convicted again due to DNA tests on semen sample taken from victim

  7. The End • Any questions?(Note to Eugene & Yishin, there is a link to each of the articles in the notes of the ppt. )

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