Laypersons’ misconceptions as a barrier to understanding plea bargaining’s innocence problem

Hamovitch, Leah; Zannella, Lesley; Rempel, Emma; Burke, Tara M.

doi:10.1080/1068316x.2022.2027943

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“…that have highlighted wrongful conviction cases, including their contributing factors and the detrimental impact of incarceration on those wrongfully convicted (e.g., Making a Murderer, When They See Us, Just Mercy). Indeed, research has shown that exposure to crime-related media may increase the public's knowledge about wrongful convictions and their contributing factors (Hamovitch et al, 2022;Henkel et al, 2008;Mindthoff et al, 2018). Although little is known about how viewing crime-related media may impact perceptions of alibi evidence, research has shown that consuming crime-related media has impacted lay knowledge regarding interrogation techniques.…”

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Corroding Innocence: An Examination of Perceptions and Evaluations of Suspect Alibis Across the Investigative Timeline

O'Hagan

2024

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Empirical studies have begun to assess the impact of contextual factors (e.g., evaluator role, crime type) on evaluations of alibi believability. Little is known about how such factors work together to impact alibi believability. The current study used a 2 (evaluator role: police investigator vs. juror) x 2 (alibi consistency: consistent vs. inconsistent) x 2 (crime seriousness: assault vs. murder) mixed factorial design. Mock investigators (n = 56) and mock jurors (n = 60) assessed fictitious case files that included alibi evidence. Results demonstrated that evaluator role did not significantly affect ratings of alibi strength or credibility, or suspect guilt. Consistent alibis elicited higher ratings of alibi strength and credibility, and lower ratings of guilt, compared to inconsistent alibis. Surprisingly, crime seriousness impacted ratings of suspect guilt such that assault cases enhanced ratings of guilt compared to murder cases. The implications for legal evaluator training and evidence dissemination are discussed.

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Section: Evaluator Rolementioning

confidence: 99%

Corroding Innocence: An Examination of Perceptions and Evaluations of Suspect Alibis Across the Investigative Timeline

O'Hagan

2024

Preprint

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Laypersons’ misconceptions as a barrier to understanding plea bargaining’s innocence problem

Cited by 1 publication

References 44 publications

Corroding Innocence: An Examination of Perceptions and Evaluations of Suspect Alibis Across the Investigative Timeline

Corroding Innocence: An Examination of Perceptions and Evaluations of Suspect Alibis Across the Investigative Timeline

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