From Pervasive Beliefs To Wrongful Convictions
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wrongful convictions / innocence / confirmation bias
From Pervasive Beliefs To Wrongful Convictions
Popular series like “Making a Murderer” and “The Confession Tapes” have raised public awareness of the possibility of wrongful convictions. Can cognitive psychology resolve why evidence of innocence is overlooked in cases of wrongful convictions?
The many exonerations exposed by initiatives such as the Innocence Project [1] suggest that the problem of wrongful convictions is much more widespread than a few notable examples. The national registry of exonerations lists 2363 exonerations in the US, and wrongful convictions...
/ moreWhy do we still have a cognitive bias that makes us send innocent people to jail? – Explanations of the confirmation bias
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confirmation bias / objectivity / miscarriages of justice / criminal justice
Why do we still have a cognitive bias that makes us send innocent people to jail? – Explanations of the confirmation bias
The confirmation bias – seeking and interpreting information to support your pre-existing beliefs – can have tremendous consequences. In this blog, I will explain the existence of the confirmation bias in the criminal justice system and give two possible explanations to why we still have this bias. / more