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Many death row inmates are convicted on the basis of eyewitness testimony. Which statementbest represents what is known about this kind of testimony?
 
  a. Eyewitness testimony is highly reliable.
  b. Good and bad eyewitness testimony is evaluated accurately by juries.
  c. Eyewitness testimony can be biased by the type of questions that are asked.
  d. Eyewitness testimony is never reliable.

Question 2

Curly and Moe are questioned by the police about a car accident they witnessed just a couple of hours ago. Curly is asked how fast the Ford was going when it smashed into the stop sign. Moe is asked how fast the Ford was going when it hit the sign. All else being equal, Moe will most likely remember that the Ford was going ____.
 
  a. the same speed that Curly remembered
  b. slower than the speed Curly remembered
  c. faster than the speed Curly remembered
  d. over the speed limit


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b


wrbasek0

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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