The Leighton Hay Case

Herbert Landry was then sentenced to five years to life in prison based on evidence that a dog retrieved. Eventually, Landry was exonerated after several appeals. Thanks to Landry’s attorney, a petition was created that emphasized how poor the evidence was. Unfortunately, the petition was dismissed.

(Frederick, 2009). During the trial, Mr. Wilkins never called a witness to testify on Virginia’s behalf, and he countered allegations with only one day of defense. He neglected to challenge any of Heidle’s or Palmieri’s claims which reportedly provided key points of the state’s case. Heidle, who was a good friend of Jason’s, worked for him performing household tasks. Palmieri had worked in the dental office of Dr. Larzelere.

In February 2014, Steven Farmer was convicted of sexual assault, and various other charges. The charges stemmed from his actions while working at Centennial Hills Hospital in 2008. He was accused of sexually assaulting two patients. He was found guilty of the sexual assault of those two women, as well as indecent exposure and open and gross lewdness for his behavior with three other patients. He was sentenced to 30 years to life, and is currently serving his sentence at Ely State Prison.

Let's explore another case, where we have Ryan Ferguson, from Jefferson City, Missouri. Ferguson is accused of killing a popular sports editor, Kent Heitholt, from Columbia Daily Tribune, on Halloween night in 2001. Ferguson has been in prison now for eight years. The accuser is Charles Erickson, who claims that he and Ferguson agreed to rob someone for money to help them buy more alcohol. Erickson went in to the police station two years after the murder and gave the police suspicion that he knew some of what happened the night Heitholt was killed.

For over 70 years the homes off of Woodlawn Avenue have been known as Hathorn Court. However, the community came together on Saturday to change the name to Woodlawn Court. "Hathorn Court has always had a stigma about it because of the crime rate that was here. We had a problem bringing it back to where it needs to be," said Property Manager, Don Paul. On Saturday, the community held a block party and clean up day.

When defense attorneys sought relief because this withheld evidence supported earlier claims about the unreliability of eyewitness testimony, the prosecution claimed that a mistake had been made and that no photo lineup existed. Defense attorneys had also pursued DNA and fingerprint testing of items at the crime scene, citing a recent Arizona law expanding access to testing in old cases. All requests for testing were denied. At Hooper’s clemency hearing, defense attorneys continued to focus on his innocence claim: presenting testimony about unreliable eyewitness testimony, the misconduct throughout his case, and the absence of any physical evidence linking him to the crime. Hooper’s advanced age (76) and his lack of disciplinary issues while in prison were also

Gerard Baden-Clay appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with murder about two months after reporting his wife, Allison Baden-Clay missing on April 20, 2012. His conviction was downgraded in December 2015 to manslaughter on the point that the jury’s decision could not be supported by the evidence presented at trial. Although manslaughter itself is a serious charge and the sentence of imprisonment is an extremely serious penalty, there are many public backlash and disturbance as a result of this. *Adding more

All throughout that time, he had consistently maintained innocence. He never once admitted to being guilty. In the Serial podcast Sarah Koenig mentions “Despite being in prison for so long, he still sticks with his story and has remained consistently innocent.” (ep 10) . When arrested, commonly people admit to crimes they haven’t committed

Mr. Hale said he was going to contact the coroner, and Minnie did not respond. He stated under oath that, “she looked queer” (pp. L-39) Mr. Hale found this odd and so did Mr. Henderson. For this reason, they suspect my client of murder. However, according to expert Caroll Douglas, “Recent research shows that blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress are associated with adverse behavioral outcomes.”

There are many early legal systems although one that should have played a role in this verdict was mosaic law. Mosaic law is one of the greatest influences on Canadian law and it is fixated in the bible and can also be known as the ten commandments. One of the mosaic laws that relates to this case is, “Thou shalt not kill”. Under the mosaic law, it was forbidden to commit murder and those who did would receive a punishment. The Sammy Yatim case should be the same and the charges should follow the mosaic law.

Effects of post identification feedback on eyewitness identification and nonidentification confidence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 334–346. Lindsay, R., & Wells, G. (1985). Improving eyewitness identification from lineups: Simultaneous versus sequential lineup presentations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 70, 556–564.

14. Tomlin, Charles • Date of Conviction: 1979 • Date of Exoneration: 1994 • Summary of the Case: On the night of 12/7/1978, Daniel Stewart, a 25-year-old drug dealer was fatally shot and robbed of nine pounds of marijuana worth $5,000 in an alley in Bakersfield, California. Stewart’s girlfriend, Leticia Mendez, 24, was sitting next to Stewart when he was shot in the face. Mendez told Bakersfield police that the gunman was a stocky black man, about 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a mustache and a medium Afro hairdo. At first she said the gunman was a hitchhiker.

A. THERE WAS INTENTIONAL INJURY, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE HARM WOULD OCCUR IN THE FORUM STATE: In Calder v. Jones 465 U.S. 783 (1984)Shirley Jones, the defendant, is a professional entertainer based in California, who brought suit in California Superior Court, claiming that she had been defamed in an article written and edited by Iain Calder and John South, the petitioners who lived in Florida. The article was published in a national magazine having its largest circulation in California. Petitioners, both residents of Florida, were served with process by mail in Florida, and, on special appearances, moved to dismiss the case for the lack of personal jurisdiction.

This week’s topic was very interesting to learn about how important eyewitnesses can be when a crime and accidents do occur. In the case that was presented in the 60-minute segment of Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson is exactly how legal system can fail us when it comes to the eyewitnesses’ identification testimony and how a person’s perception and memory can be altered. The aspect of psychology and law research from this week’s course material is most relevant to the topic of perception and memory. The memory has different stages the first is encoding the process of entering perception into memory.

During the fall of 1993, Shirley Crook’s, a loving mother and wife, life was horribly cut short in one of the most horrific ways possible, drowning. Seventeen year old, Christopher Simmons, wrapped his victim in duct tape and electrical cords and drowned her in a river with help from his accomplices John Tessmer and Christopher Benjamin. He attempted to burglarize the Crooks residence along with his accomplices, and he only murdered Mrs. Crooks because ‘the bitch seen my face’ (State v. Simmons). He “assured his friends that their status as juveniles would allow them to ‘get away with it.’... Brian Moomey, a 29-year-old convicted felon who allowed neighborhood teens to "hang out" at his home.