The impact of police
investigation, eyewitness identification and the role of prosecutors in the
outcome of court cases in the United States.
Criminal
justice system should be fair and efficient for it to be declared legitimate.
Fairness is determined by its thoroughness whereas as effectiveness depends on
its ability to ascertain and detect crime. Usually, impartiality and efficiency
in the criminal justice system are based on the results of court cases.
Moreover, a proper criminal justice system is what the public expect from the
judicial process. This paper seeks to investigate the contribution of police
investigations, eyewitness identification, and the conduct of prosecutors to
the outcome of court cases. Whether these three factors are significant in contributing
to wrongful convictions by the tribunals in the United States is what the study
intends to prove. Wrongful convictions
lead to the suffering of innocent people while the real perpetrators of crime
escape punishment. Moreover, public confidence in the judicial system is known
to decline as the number of wrongful convictions increases. Therefore,
researching on this topic would be of benefit in minimizing wrong convictions
resulting from the mentioned factors. The study intends to utilize secondary
sources such as court cases and other legal publications to gather relevant
statistics on wrongful convictions.
From the professor:
Looks good! Make sure you have a thesis, though. In other words, don’t just tell us about eye witnesses – take a position.
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