You are a defense attorney defending a client against a murder charge. Your client is the former boyfriend of the victim and it
has been established by several witnesses that the breakup was not a pleasant one. Your client was identified as a suspect from the very beginning. During the trial, the prosecution presented a witness who claimed to overhear your client praying for forgiveness in his holding cell. The prosecution also presented the murder weapon, which was a softball bat with your client’s fingerprint on the handle. Your client was convicted. Question: You attempted to convince the jury that the presence of the fingerprints did not mean anything – it was his bat and he had used it in a softball game recently. You argued that the detectives investigating the murder suspected your client right away because he was the victim’s ex-boyfriend and they automatically interpreted any evidence in a way that agreed with their suspicion. This is an example of:
This would be an example of confirmation bias, which is when a person in any role interprets new evidence in light of what they already believe.
Since the facts presented indicate that the police believed from the outset that the ex-boyfriend committed the crime, any new information would likely only serve to support that assertion.
They are political because they fight for different legislature and changes to the already established laws. The NOW fought for equal rights for women while the NRA fights for the preservation of the second amendment.
