Innocence Project Written Assignment

Provide answers to the following questions. Remember, to receive full credit you must answer each of the QUESTIONS OF THE CASE THAT FOLLOWS , along with the summary questions.

Case Name (1/2 Page): ___________________

1-In ONE complete sentence describe the crime that occurred in your own words, informed by the Innocence Project website or as found in your web-based research.

2-What is the status of the case? Has the person convicted of the crime been exonerated and if so, by what means?

3-Was human memory accurate or inaccurate in this case?

4-Be sure to describe evidence that you believe supports your position.

Summary Questions (1/2 Page):

1-Identify the goals of the Innocence Project.

2-Choose ONE of the cases you’ve already summarized. What features of the situation (i.e., memory for crime, investigation techniques used, reliance on psychological evidence or not) might have impacted the outcome of that case?

3-Be sure to reference information you learned in the lab.

4-Now, look back to the Eyewitness Memory Survey you took during lab. After learning more about false memories and the effect they can have in real-life situations, did any of your answers changes? Why or why not?

Nathan Brown was exonerated on June 25th, 2014 after serving nearly 17 years for an attempted rape that he did not commit. Brown was 23 years old when he was convicted, and was eventually exonerated on the basis of DNA evidence which excluded him from the perpetrator’s profile. The Crime In the early-morning hours of August 7th, 1997, a 40-year old white woman was walking through the courtyard of her apartment building when she was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground. The assailant bit the victim’s neck, ripped her dress open and took her purse before she was able to fend him off by striking him with her high heels, which she was carrying. The victim saw her assailant flee on a bike shortly after she reported the incident to a police officer who had been called by neighbors who heard the victim’s screams. Investigation and Trial The victim told police that she had been attacked by a black man who was wearing black shorts and no shirt. She also said the man had a very strong body odor. Although the victim believed her attacker lived outside of the apartment complex, a security guard for the complex directed police to Nathan Brown—one of the few black people living in the apartment complex. Police knocked on Brown’s door just minutes after the crime. He was in his bedroom wearing pajamas, rocking his young daughter to sleep. The officers conducted what is called a one-on-one “show-up,” a highly-suggestive identification procedure in which a single suspect is presented to the eyewitness at either the site of the arrest or near the site of the crime. Brown was told to get dressed. He changed out of his pajamas into black shorts and was taken outside to the victim who was waiting in a patrol car. Brown had no shirt on. The victim was asked to get out to take a closer look and to smell Brown, at which point she identified him as her assailant. Although Brown did not have strong body odor, but rather smelled of soap, she explained at trial that she believed he must have taken a shower and that meant he was her attacker. Brown went on trial on November 19, 1997. Brown’s mother retained a private lawyer to represent him. The lawyer, Frank J. Larre, met Brown for the first time on the day his trial was set to start. At trial, the victim claimed that she recalled seeing a tattoo with the letters “LLE” on the assailant’s chest. A police officer testified that the victim did not mention anything about the tattoo until after the show-up, during which Brown was shirtless, exposing his chest tattoo of the name “MICHELLE.” Brown testified in his own defense and told the jury that he was at home caring for his “fussy infant daughter” at the time of the crime. Despite the fact that four relatives who were at home with Brown that night testified as alibi witnesses, Brown was convicted in less than a day. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole for the crime of attempted aggravated rape. Post-Conviction Investigation Brown maintained his innocence throughout his 16 years in prison and contacted the Innocence Project to help prove his wrongful conviction. With the consent of the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office, the Innocence Project conducted DNA testing of a stain on the shoulder of the victim’s dress where she was bitten. The stain tested positive for saliva and yielded a full male DNA profile that excluded Brown. This profile was consistent with male DNA found on three other areas of the dress, including the front where the assailant ripped it open. The profile was entered into the federal DNA database and there was a match to an offender convicted of a felony in Mississippi. The match was a black male who was 17 years old at the time of the crime and living within blocks of the apartment complex where the victim was attacked. The lack of preparation evident in Brown’s legal defense also contributed to his wrongful conviction. “Mr. Brown’s mother paid for an attorney who it appears did almost nothing to prepare for the trial,” said Emily Maw, director of the Innocence Project New Orleans. “Unfortunately we have seen that happen far too many times here in Louisiana. Of the 41 people who have been exonerated in Louisiana, more than two-thirds had less than effective defense lawyers.”

Please find an argument on the internet that has a claim and provides reason(s) or rationale for that claim. This argument could come from a news story, a YouTube video, or even a posting on a social media site.

Describe the source in detail so that others can have access to the argument (provide URL for the source or other source information such that other may access it)

Clearly state the claim of the argument as well as the reason(s) cited by the source in support of the claim

Apply the four tests for evaluating arguments from the textbook (Facione & Gittens, 2016):

Truthfulness of the premises

Logical strength

Relevance

Non-circularity

Please define each test prior to applying it. Please also underline and bold the name of each test when defining each test for example. "The first test applied to assess the credibility of the claim was the test of “The truthfulness of premises” which involves...."

Reach a conclusion on the argument - provide your rationale for your conclusion in a minimum of 3 sentences.

Does your brain know that it exists? Is it just another organ, like your heart, lungs, liver etc... or is the brain special? If we could do brain transplants, we the person be the same person they were, or would they be the person the brain came from? Elaborate on this for me. At least 300 words of your wisdom. .

Innocence Project Written Assignment

Provide answers to the following questions. Remember, to receive full credit you must answer each of the QUESTIONS OF THE CASE THAT FOLLOWS , along with the summary questions.

Case Name (1/2 Page): ___________________

1-In ONE complete sentence describe the crime that occurred in your own words, informed by the Innocence Project website or as found in your web-based research.

2-What is the status of the case? Has the person convicted of the crime been exonerated and if so, by what means?

3-Was human memory accurate or inaccurate in this case?

4-Be sure to describe evidence that you believe supports your position.

Summary Questions (1/2 Page):

1-Identify the goals of the Innocence Project.

2-Choose ONE of the cases you’ve already summarized. What features of the situation (i.e., memory for crime, investigation techniques used, reliance on psychological evidence or not) might have impacted the outcome of that case?

3-Be sure to reference information you learned in the lab.

4-Now, look back to the Eyewitness Memory Survey you took during lab. After learning more about false memories and the effect they can have in real-life situations, did any of your answers changes? Why or why not?

Innocence Project client Dean Cage served nearly 12 years in Illinois prison – and two years in jail awaiting trial – before he was released and exonerated due to DNA evidence that he didn’t commit the 1993 rape for which he was serving a 40-year sentence. The Crime On November 14, 1994, a 15-year-old Chicago girl missed her 6:20 a.m. bus to high school and began walking to the subway. It was dark outside, and the girl noticed an African-American man approaching her. He was wearing a black leather jacket and a distinctive hat with a snap. Seconds later, the man punched her in the eye and dragged her to the back porch of a nearby house. Once there, the man sexually assaulted the girl. He then forced her to rub dirt on her body, and he fled the area. The victim ran to a newspaper vendor and called police. Officers responded and took her to the hospital. Her clothes had been torn in the attack and she was only wearing her winter coat when transported to the hospital. The Investigation The victim was examined at a hospital and a rape kit was collected including her clothing and swabs of her body. No sperm cells were identified in an initial examination of the swabs. The victim gave a visual description of her attacker to police, saying he was an African-American man between 25 and 30 years old, about six feet tall, with a beard. The next day she helped officers create a sketch of the perpetrator. The drawing was circulated in the community, and about a week later police received a tip that a man matching the sketch worked at a local meat market. Police took the victim to the market, where she was asked if the perpetrator was among the employees. She identified Dean Cage as the attacker. Officers then conducted another lineup at the police station, where the victim identified Cage by the sound of his voice. The same detective who ran the investigation of the rape also handled the eyewitness identification procedures. Cage was arrested on November 19, 1994. The Trial For two years after his arrest, Cage awaited trial in a Cook County jail cell. A bench trial before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bolan started on October 21, 1996. The victim testified that she was 100% sure Dean Cage was the perpetrator, pointing at him in court and saying, “He raped me.” Cage testified that he did not commit this crime and was with his fiancé at the time of the crime. His fiancé also testified that they were together at the time of the crime. The judge convicted Cage and sentenced him to 40 years in prison. Post-Conviction Appeals Cage claimed innocence throughout his 14-year ordeal. He filed several appeals, but for years he was rejected at every turn. In 2005, the Innocence Project accepted his case and began to seek DNA tests on evidence from the crime scene. An evidence search uncovered the rape kit, including swabs collected from the victim at the hospital, and the victim’s clothing. In 2006, the Cook County State Attorney’s Office agreed to conduct DNA testing in the case, and testing revealed that there were skin cells from a male contributor on this evidence. Sensitive Y-STR DNA testing was conducted on the evidence, isolating the profile of the male source. The same male DNA profile was discovered on both the victim’s clothing and the rape kit swab – and this profile did not match Cage, proving his innocence of the rape. He was released on May 27, 2008, after serving nearly 12 years in prison – and two years in jail – for a crime he didn’t commit. He reunited with a large, supportive family in Chicago.

write ONE paragraph that identifies and explains ONE people skill mentioned in the reading Research Skills week 1 that can be useful in the workplace.

by cottrell,s 2015 peoples skills pp. 131-136

You have been asked to participate on a committee charged with designing the ideal middle school. Given your knowledge of the developmental stages adolescents are traversing at this age, discuss three recommendations you would offer to promote the social, emotional, and academic development of the students and the rationale for each recommendation. (detailed answer please)

Read the statements. Identify the form of the conditional used in each statement. Then rewrite that statement according to the conditional as listed.                                                                 [1+2x2=6]

If we use applications like Zoom and WebEx, lecturers struggle with classroom engagement.

23. Identify the conditional ………….. [1]

24. Rewrite the statement in the third conditional. [2]

If we adjust to online learning, we must buy different devices.

25. Identify the conditional

26. Rewrite the statement in the second conditional

An Exercise for Your Imagination

Imagine you have been following a path for what seems time without measure during a morning of swirling mists and diffused light when you feel the ground give softly under your leading foot. As your momentum carries you forward, wet ribbon-like strands hit your face before rubbing along either side, some few catching under your arms and between the fingers of your hands. Surprised, you stop and try to orient yourself, failing until a moment when the mists separate to reveal tall grasses before you and your path dividing to the left and right. All signs along the way having appeared meaningless, feeling a sense of dread and quite lost, you see off in the distance and on both sides of the divide someone approaching. Each looks at you without a glance at the other, eventually coming so close as to feel their breath, and begins to speak, their words converging in garbled nonsense until you discover that you can listen to one at a time. Listening to the person on the left you hear something resembling mathematical formulae; listening to the person on the right you hear something resembling a narrative tale. Neither by itself seems able to offer you the understanding you seek, but as you listen more closely, you begin to grasp how the narrative explains the formulae and the formulae concern the narrative…

With your head nearly spinning you begin to realize that both roads lead to your destination.

Your Writing Assignment

Write from the perspective of the lost traveler in the imaginative exercise above.

Which way you would go: Left or Right? Explain your choice.

Who do you think the “travelers” are in relation to the Gilligan article: The one on the left; the one on the right; and, the one seeking their way?

Referring directly to the Gilligan selection (using quotations), relate the imaginary scene of the above exercise to her idea of “…Two views of morality which are complementary rather than sequential or opposed” (p. 6 & 7).

1.) Create a fictitious case summary of a child with a name, an age during early childhood, and a gender. 2.) Explain one component of the child’s psychosocial development in terms of Erik Erikson’s third stage of psychosocial development. 3.) Create a parenting style for the child’s parents and explain the parenting style. 4.) Identify one aspect of the fictitious child’s self-concept. 5.) Create either a friend, friends, or a sibling for the fictitious child and examine the relationship between the fictitious child and the sibling or friend.

Regarding Anne Moody's autobiography answer the following questions:

Why didn’t more southern blacks join the movement?

2. Why did Anne Moody become a civil rights activist?  Was it a case of nature or nurture?

3. What were Anne Moody’s frustrations with the civil rights movement?  Why had she become disillusioned by 1963?

4. How has Anne Moody’s autobiography added to your understanding of the history of race relations in the South during the 1940s and 1950s as well as the civil rights movement’s efforts to improved conditions?  Be specific.

Discuss the role of women, the women's revolution, and women's rights in early America through the late 1870's.