Tor, A., Gazal-Ayal, O., & Garcia, S. M. (2010). Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris as his vice presidential candidate and he is his running against the incumbent, Donald Trump. Microsoft’s joint bid with Walmart is considered the front-runner, according to people familiar with the matter, while a second consortium including Oracle Corp. also remains in the running. Below, I argue that the paper repeatedly misrepresents the extant research on cognitive bias, echoes a common but problematic misunderstanding of bias, and understates the substantial progress that has resulted from ongoing collaborative efforts to combat bias. The present studies investigated whether mock jurors would devalue the testimony of a forensic examiner who had a priori knowledge of task-irrelevant information that could have influenced his opinion. Minor corrections should be made in the description of the Amanda Knox case. Alampay, 1961; Fisher, 1968; Leeper, 1935). methods of deception detection (Vrij, Granhag, & Porter. (2012) compared eyewitness and, confession cases and found that the latter contained more, additional errors overall, more forensic science errors, and, It is interesting that the most common means of cor-, roboration for false confessions comes from bad forensic, science, which was present in nearly two thirds of these, cases. Before taking up the office of the President, Clinton served as the Governor of Arkansas for two terms and the Attorney General of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. As recently as July, Census Bureau officials said publicly that they would need an extension to complete an accurate count of the nation’s population. ment that is subject to bias (Dror & Hampikian, 2011). Notably, also strategic/instrumental purposes of their false confessions aimed at minimizing legal or personal repercussions due to the false accusations were revealed – although on a lesser degree. Nevertheless, Knox, Sollecito, and the innocent, man she implicated were all immediately arrested. The question posed by this case, and so, many others like it, is this: Why do confessions so often, This article represents my third in this journal on the, psychology of confession evidence. (2011, November 27). Results: Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano told “Varney & Co.” on Thursday whether Pelosi would automatically assume the role of acting president if the 2020 election is delayed. Epstein Victim Was Raped and Threatened with Murder at Les Wexner’s Home, Lawsuit Claims, Syrian President Assad: Jeffrey Epstein Was Murdered, Copyright © 2020 The People's Voice, Inc. All rights reserved | News Punch, Judge Refuses to Jail Two Pedophile Brothers Who Raped Their Sister, Clinton Foundation Now Being CRIMINALLY Investigated by US Attorney John Durham, Nasty Nancy: No Debates Because Trump ‘Isn’t Committed to Our Constitution’, POTUS Designates Antifa & KKK as ‘Terrorist Organizations’, Bill Maher: SCOTUS Pick Amy Barett Is “a F*cking Nut”, on US & France Consider New Military Action Against Syrian Government, on Fiona Woolf resigns as chair of government’s child abuse inquiry, on Foiled ISIS Plot: Teen Planned To Load Kangaroo With Explosives, on Syria Says Bombed Hospital Was A French Intelligence Network, on Monsanto in Ukraine: IMF loan for Ukraine may give GMO giant a backdoor into EU, President Trump Says Adam Schiff Should Be Arrested For Treason, Robert De Niro: Trump Is Possibly ‘Crazy’ In A ‘Medical Sense’, Rand Paul: Only Person Who Colluded With Russia Was Hillary Clinton, Snopes Now Have Power To ‘Shadowban’ Conservative Facebook Users, FBI: Peter Strzok Worked For The CIA Under Obama, Europe On Brink Of Collapse As Germany Fail To Form Government, Bill Gates Says He Wants To ‘Save Lives’, Rejects ‘Strange’ Coronavirus Vaccine Conspiracies, US & France Consider New Military Action Against Syrian Government, 500 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean Shipwreck, Texas Library Apologizes To Parents For Hiring Pedophile In Drag To Read To Kids, Fiona Woolf resigns as chair of government’s child abuse inquiry, Foiled ISIS Plot: Teen Planned To Load Kangaroo With Explosives. Beginning, with the first wave of DNA exonerations, it has been clear, that eyewitness mistakes constitute the most common prob-. Most false con-, fessions also contain elements of rational corroboration in, the form of crime details on how, why, and with what effect, the crime was committed, often including apologies and, expressions of remorse (Appleby et al., 2011). The result: a perception of corrobora-, flawed on a second front. Innocence Project seeks pardon for woman convicted in 1-year-old’s Ocoee death. The man, whose DNA was found on the victim, after specifically, stating that Knox was not present, changed his story and, implicated her while being prosecuted.