1. Forensics Day Three! Please read over the objectives for unit one with assignments. This is on the website as well. Read the case study of Calvin Willis-The Wronged Man

2. The Innocence Project Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, starting in 1992, use DNA to examine post- conviction cases. Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, starting in 1992, use DNA to examine post- conviction cases. The project has found that up to 87% of the wrongful convictions they discovered were due to faulty eyewitness identifications. The project has found that up to 87% of the wrongful convictions they discovered were due to faulty eyewitness identifications.

3. Activity One: Let’s practice observing

4. Answer the questions

5. Picture Three

6. Activity Two You have three minutes to observe the picture…I will tell you when to lift it up and cover it again…you are not allowed to take notes… You have three minutes to observe the picture…I will tell you when to lift it up and cover it again…you are not allowed to take notes…

8. ........Summary.................Summary......... The environment and our natural sensory filters affect our ability to observe. The environment and our natural sensory filters affect our ability to observe. Eyewitness reports can be faulty. Eyewitness reports can be faulty. Gaining good observation skills is possible. Gaining good observation skills is possible. Forensic scientists find, document, and accurately interpret the evidence. Forensic scientists find, document, and accurately interpret the evidence.

9. Eye Witnesses CSI: Unfriendly skies…a passenger died in midflight on Vegas air. When they landed the CSI team had to investigate the cause of death. They interviewed the crew and some of the passengers who said the man had a seizure and died of an apparent heart attack. The evidence was inconsistent to what the eye witnesses said… CSI: Unfriendly skies…a passenger died in midflight on Vegas air. When they landed the CSI team had to investigate the cause of death. They interviewed the crew and some of the passengers who said the man had a seizure and died of an apparent heart attack. The evidence was inconsistent to what the eye witnesses said…

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