Prosecuting attorneys will sometimes get a conviction that...

Name: prosecuting attorneys will sometimes get a conviction that years later is overturned because of new evidence like dna usually these attorneys do not feel badly about the fact that an innocen 44313
Uploaded: 2023-01-22T18:11:02-08:00
Duration: 8 min 49 s
Channel: Caroline Mcclure
Description: prosecuting attorneys will sometimes get a conviction that years later is overturned because of new evidence like dna usually these attorneys do not feel badly about the fact that an innocen 44313

Prosecuting attorneys will sometimes get a conviction that years later is overturned because of new evidence (like DNA). Usually, these attorneys do not feel badly about the fact that an innocent person went to prison because they will say something like "well he probably did something we didn't catch him for." This reasoning is an example of which idea at work?Group of answer choicesSocial learning theoryInsufficient punishmentHypocrisy inductionCognitive dissonance

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00:01 All right, so let's go through this one by one.

00:02 So i'm going to write one out, erase it, do the next, just because there's so much information to tactile.

00:08 So first, cognitive dissonance.

00:15 So we're looking at how these concepts may be used by the defense to claim his innocence.

00:20 So there's a conflict of wanting to think that it was him because of his background for the jury.

00:25 There's a conflict of wanting to think it was him because of his background and not wanting to convict someone who is adamantly claiming his innocence.

00:33 And the defense will feed into this doubt to try to make people feel unable to feel good and confident convicting him.

00:40 So in validity case, and innocent.

01:13 So in cognitive dissonance, eventually one's going to have to win out over the other one opinion.

01:17 So either they're going to convict him or not be able to convict him because they're not 100 % sure that he did it.

01:21 One has to win out.

01:22 So they're going to play on this cognitive dissonance to try to make sure that the side that isn't 100 % sure it happened will win out.

01:32 Moving on, feel free to pause whenever you need to.

01:40 Stereotypes.

01:46 So here, the defendants will say there's a stereotype against this man because of his past criminal history, so association.

01:57 I think he's a bad man.

02:02 And emphasize that stereotypes are not always correct and to not fall into this trap since it's dangerous for society and in this case, this man and his future.

02:11 So emphasize how stereotypes.

02:16 Stereotypes can be harmful.

02:22 And in this case, remind them that the prosecution may be trying to instill a stereotype on this man because of his past criminal history.

02:31 And they're going to bring this up in order to make the jury aware of this tactic.

02:42 Next, self -serving bias.

02:51 So this is defined as the tendency people have to seek out information and use it in ways that advance their self -interest.

02:58 Or basically, you could say that people often unconsciously make decisions that serve themselves, and ways that other people might view as indefensible or unethical.

03:07 So here, the self -serving bias will be used to remind them not to make an unconscious decision without knowing all the facts because it would be unethical.

03:14 So because if they jump to this decision without knowing everything and then find out later that he is not guilty when they have all the facts, that essentially will have ruined the man's life and really make the jury members stay up at night.

03:53 Moving right along.

03:55 We're going to now look at how the prosecution may use following concepts to commit the defendant.

04:01 So there's belief perseverance first.

04:12 And this is the tendency to cling to one's initial belief, even after receiving new information that contradicts or disconfirms the basis of that belief.

04:21 So the initial gut feeling that they have that this defendant truly did the crime will allow her to continue pushing forward to prove this...

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