Gradesheet for 3503 wrongful conviction!, fall 2024/25    outline    weblog    resources
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Assignments: Most assignments are excuseable but not makeupable
Q1: wed 18th, watch Justice Denied (below), and discuss whether the charge/conviction is fault/error based or a cognitive bias like tunnel vision, racism. Due Fri 20th
Q2: wed 2nd, watch the video for the Guy Paul Morin case (45 mins), and briefly summarize what went wrong, in 2 pages or less, for handin/email on Friday, 4th
Q3: wed 9th, how does your group vote in the Gruenke case.
Q4: wed 16th, have you changed your mind in the Gruenke case?
Q5: mon 28th, pick a Dangerfield case, and discuss the social harm to the individual.
Q6: fri 11.01, were Dangerfield's cases cognitive or fault-based?
Q7: fri 11.08, in lieu of class, what was the social harm in the Mullins case (video on weblog)
Q8: w 11.20, wrt Coffin case, was this justice at its best? 
Q9: mon 25th, wrt Erin Walsh case, which scenario best explains what happened, and why?
Q10: fri 11.29, Should the court have allowed the confession to stand? wrt Nelson Hart


research work:

 anderson -- 2 dspaced pages plus mixed refspage; interesting case, and it is no surprise that it involves a racial element; developing the race angle more would strengthen the analysis, and subtitles would help organize the themes more; overall, good beginning. B-14

morin -- 2 pages dspaced, and several references; several cognitive biases are discussed, eg. confirmation bias, and how they affected the case; this introduces an important psychological angle on the case; try using subtitles to organize the discussion of biases more. Good beginning. B-14 project: 7 dspaced page with subtitles, titlepage, and refspage, no pictures; the analysis is fairly short, and could include more detail on the court trials, or it could have some mention of the role of the media, or given that this is essentially a story, perhaps that angle could be played up, eg. this is a hero story, which could be explored and explained more; overall, good case, could use more development. C19

philleon -- 4 dspaced pages with subtitles, plus refspage; there is a lot of detail here on the case and where it went wrong; the literature on false confessions is especially important; good organization and discussion of themes; including some photos would add a visual dimension; good beginning on an interesting case. B15 project: 12 slides including titlepage and refspage; slides simply designed with some text and an image; text is in the notes, and it discusses the facts of the case, the cognitive biases present, and the possibility of a mr big sting (which is doubtful); the most egregious piece of evidence, his presence in trenton, was not disclosed to the defense; so there are legal errors and psychological mistakes; overall, good review of the case, including some media coverage might develop the analysis more. good work. B22.5

memphis3 -- 2 sspaced text, plus titlepage, and some refs (none academic); it sounds like marginality was the reason behind the tunnel vision, in that it was easier to scapegoat the boys than find the true killer; developing that theme more would strengthen the analysis; overall, good beginning. B15

avery -- 3 dspaced pages plus titlepage and 3 mixed refs; various aspects of the case are discussed, all of which have a part to play in this case; using subtitles will help organize those themes more; overall, excellent beginning. A-16 project: 2 people, new proposal; 14 slides, including titlepage, 2 refspages, a mix of images and text on the slides -- quite often too much, should be simplified more -- and the essay text is in the notes; overall, this is a very comprehensive look at the case and what was involved; the recommendations for reform is especially useful; overall, excellent work, should simplify slides, or stretch out material over, say, 20 slides. A-24

junkscience -- 4 sspaced pages including titlepage, extensive refs page, subtitles, and photos; excellent discussion of cases, all of which featured hair comparison analysis, now considered highly unreliable; overall, excellent work, and presented well. A17 project: 18 slides including frontpage, refspage; there are a handful of cases based on junk forensic science, and the slides are designed with a focus on the image; the descriptions of the cases are succinct, and the summaries of how forensic science went wrong are good; overall, excellent work. A+27

truscott -- 5 dspaced pages including titlepage, subtitles, and refspage; good discussion of the cognitive biases relevant to this case, and how they got in the way of finding the true killer; there is some evidence of a soldier from the nearby base who was luring children, and that maybe the police knew about it... overall, excellent work. A-16 project: 15 slides including titlepage and refspage; the slides are a combination of picture and text, but there is too much text; the main text is in the notes, so the slides could be simplified more; good on biases, and problems with the evidence; overall, this shows a lot of work and is an excellent overview of the case, and the slides could be simplified more for easier presentation and reading. A-25

eyewitness -- 2.5 dspaced pages plus refspage; this shows a good understanding of the issues, and more development of those issues which effect reliability would develop the analysis more; subtitles would also strengthen the themes as well; good cases, perhaps some photos would be interesting; good beginning. B15 project: 17 slides with subtitles, titlepage, refspage, text in the notes; there are a lot of issues here which have been shown to effect the ability of eyewitnesses to recount what happened, such as the cross-race effect; anchoring these issues then in cases was a good idea, eg. Haanameyer; overall, excellent work. A26

darrylhunt -- 3 dspaced pages plus titlepage and refspage; there are some important issues here, eg. the impact on public consciousness, which could be demonstrated perhaps by media excerpts; and stylistically, subtitles would help organize the themes more; overall, well written. B15 project: 11 dspaced pages including titlepage, 2 refspages, no subtitles or images; this case is very interesting, and certainly illustrates some important issues, such as cross-racial identification errors, and the higher rate of prosecutions for black individuals; using subtitles to organize the issues would make for greater impact and portrayal of themes; overall, good topic, could be organized more. B+23

stinney -- 2 sspaced pages with subtitles, pictures, and 3 (popular) refs, needs some academic refs too; there are a lot of important issues here, such as racial bias and 'rush to trial'; the media angle might be difficult to find articles, but it certainly would be important too; overall, ambitious, and well organized. A17 project: 17 slides including titlepage and refspage; slides have images, and sometimes too much text; the essay component is in the notes; this type of case would not have been atypical at the time, and is part of a history of racism and apartheid; overall, excellent work. A26

women -- 2 sspaced pages with subtitles, and a refspage with multiple academic sources; this is a novel topic, and there are not that many women wrongfuls (except perhaps in Ontario), and some are quite famous (like Lindy Chamberlain); the bias against 'bad moms' is a good interpretive approach; excellent topic. A17 project: 12 dspaced pages including 2 refspages, subtitles, no titlepage or pictures; this is quite good as an overall assessment of what happened, and the specific features of several individual cases; what would make it more pointed, analytically, would be including the psychological reason for his actions: noble cause bias; overall, good work, could be strengthened with more discussion of cognitive biases, and by including images. A-24

stephentruscott -- a group of five; 3 sspaced pages with subtitles, and a refspage of media sources; each section is clearly authored, but for the project just show it as group written; there is lots of detail on the case, and it is summarized well; using media excerpts will better support the analysis, and photos could be used to illustrate it; one detail that comes up in cbc coverage is that there was a known sex offender at the nearby airbase; overall, good work. A-16 project: 5 authors; 16 slides, including titlepage and refspage; text in notes not enough for an essay, especially with 5 people; the discussion of police evidence and cognitive biases is good, and could be developed more; the design of the slides is good, and there are other materials which could be used to enhance them, eg. media coverage which is available on the case; overall, good topic, good work, could be developed more, for five people. B-

romeophilleon -- two people; 3 sspaced pages with subtitles, and webrefs page; well-written, and covers all the issues, but also leaves some questions, such as should the police have investigated the possibility of a false confession?; media coverage of his release might be interesting to look at; overall, excellent beginning. A-16 project: 16 slides, including title, no refspage, historical documents and photos are good; the defense case looked good,  but what went wrong?; excellent on media coverage; overall, excellent work on describing and presenting the case, substantively and stylistically. A-25

wrongfuls -- 1.5 sspaced pages, with subtitles, graph, and 2 references; a good overview of some of the issues; more detail on the work of the Innocence project, for example, would add some history and depth to the analysis, given the difficulty of examining all of these factors; overall, good beginning. B15 project: 8 dspaced pages with pictures, chart, refspage, no titlepage; several cases are considered with regard to problems in forensics, etc; overall, good summary of some of the issues, and using subtitles might be a way to develop certain sections. B22.5

mccollumbrown -- 2 sspaced pages with subtitles and a web-refspage; rather than being the most notorious of cases, this bears the signs of so many cases, marginal suspects, coerced confessions, tunnel vision, racism, and so on; does the media coverage at exoneration get at any of that? overall, some questions, good beginning. B-14 project: 13 slides with pictures, too much text on slides, titlepage, 2 refs pages, no essay in the notes; the analysis is very descriptive of the case, and more analysis of the issue of police questioning, for example, would add more substance to the discussion. overall, good case, should put an essay in the notes, redesign the slides, and could use more theory. B- 21/30

cjohnson -- 2 dspaced pages with subtitles, 2 webrefs; this is one of only a few NS cases, and illustrates some interesting features, such as (fabricated) graphic crime scene evidence; more on when and how the investigation went wrong, and how that was overturned, would add to the analysis; good beginning. B-14 project: 13 slides including titlepage and refspage; the facts of the case are outlined, such as the timeline, problems with the investigation, etc.; stylistically the slides could be cleaned up to make for a cleaner presentation; substantively, perhaps a video, or news items could be added to show how this case 'travelled' beyond shelburne; as well, the text is not divided up equally in the notes section; overall, good work, could be developed more. B22.5

darrylhunt2 -- such a typical case, eyewitnesses who were wrong, racism in a small place, tunnel vision perhaps; developing the cognitive and fault-based issues more would strengthen the analysis, and subtitles would help develop themes more; overall, good topic, could be developed more. C13 project: it is now about the experiences of older individuals in federal custody; 12 dspaced pages, including titlepage and refspage, pictures and subtitles; good introduction, statistics on elderly proportion in prison, programming, diseases, etc; overall, this is more of a 'corrections' paper, or even general criminology, and needs to be turned to a wrongful focus...how about, one of the consequences of being wrongfully convicted is... and this would have affected such long term exonerees as ...  more to be added.. add: new preface and conclusions, could reference some cases, especially long-term ones, and relate them to the material. B+23

stevenavery -- 3 sspaced pages with titlepage, picture, subtitles, and mixedrefs; such a typical case: marginal suspect, suspect evidence, police suspicion and tunnel vision, inadequate witness... ; more on how the reform group worked to resolve such issues in the future would be interesting to develop; overall, good beginning. B-14 project: 12 slides with images and too much text, could be simplified more; there is no text in the notes which makes for crowded slides and a short essay; the legal aspects of the case are explained well but the analysis is too short; ore explicit analysis of the media's role in the case would be interesting. overall, good case and good analysis, and it could be expanded more both stylistically and substantively. B22.5

gypsyrose -- 2.5 dspaced pages with subtitles, and one movie ref; this is a very interesting case, and certainly puts her in the position of being abused, and kept virtual hostage by her mother; could a defense of self-defence be argued? -- developing that angle more explicitly would strengthen the analysis, as well as media coverage. C13 redo: 11.19, there is more detail on the psychological abuse, and the way the medical system was manipulated; she would have been kept 'hostage', and under a lot of distress; the media coverage angle will be interesting to include in the final project. overall, much better. B15 project: 12 slides including titlepage and refspage (none academic); slides fairly simple with images and minimal text for the most part; the text is in the notes, but it doesn't look equivalent to an essay; the psychological angle is interesting, and so is that of the media -- in essence perhaps mental incompetence could have been a much stronger defense in her case -- developing that angle more would strengthen the analysis. overall, interesting case. B-21  

briananderson -- 2.5 sspaced pages with subtitles, photo, and 2 webrefs; an old case, and an otherwise cold case; it is amazing that it came back for review at all, and it would be interesting to look at media coverage and see whether it names racism as a factor; talking about racism and wrongfuls would also add; good beginning. B15 project: there are 12 slides including titlepage and refspage; the slides go through the case outling the lack of evidence, etc., but also how racism played a role; interesting case, because while there might have been mistakes, eg. not calling the alibi, there was also what appears to have been deliberate misconduct by the police to trap and convict them; overall, this is a good presentation of the case, which would also benefit from looking at media coverage at the time to see if there was a 'rush to justice'; good work. B 22.5

charlessmith -- 3 sspaced pages with subtitles, pictures, and mediarefs; good review of a couple of cases; more on why smith did what he did, and how he did it would strengthen the analysis, eg. why did he provide info to prosecute so many moms?; overall, this shows a lot of work, need more on the psychology of smith. A-16 project: 15 slides including titlepage, refspage, video, and text in notes; such a great quote "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"; good discussion of the issues and some cases, could have more description of what the video is, and as well, the discussion of tunnel vision and confirmation bias could also include 'noble cause bias'; a bit on the role of the media in this would also add to the analysis; overall, excellent work, could have some more detail in places. A-25  

cogbiases -- 5 sspaced pages in point form, with web mediarefs; this is a very detailed recantation of four cases, but there is very little about cognitive biases, highlighting those more would add to the analysis; overall, good start with case descriptions. B-14 project: of the three cases, morin, milgaard, and marshall, only the last was indigenous, but that is not a big part of the analysis, rather the idea is that the police laboured under tunnel vision, which reflected their partiality in the case; more on cognitive biases in general, and maybe focusing in more detail on fewer cases would strengthen the analysis. overall, good work, should develop the psychological angle more. B22.5

marcellus -- 3 dspaced pages with subtitles, and a media refspage; the 'research' and 'outcomes' sections seem more like something the government would do, and not proposed here, same as with the conclusion; the proposed scope of the research needs to be narrowed down more; C13 redo: the case makes for a good topic. B15 project: 13 slides including titlepage, refspage, and thank you; the slides are designed well, although a couple have too much text; the text is in the notes, although it does not look long enough for an essay; this is a very interesting case, and one of many such death row cases;, and leads to the question of whether Missouri has a lot of such cases; overall, good work, this is an important issue. B22.5

brian -- 4 dspaced text ages, plus titlepage, subtitles, and media refspage; this case should be notorious for the racism it displays; this is a good overview, and more on the role of the media would deepen the analysis; overall, good beginning. B15 project: 13 dspaced pages with titlepage, refspage, subtitles, and no pictures; a good discussion of the legal detail of the case, and a good argument that systemic racism played a role; more on the role of the media, with some pictures would strengthen and add to the analysis. B+23

tammybouvette -- 4 dspaced pages including titlepage, and (mostly media) refspage; the case description is fairly general, and it should have a summary of what the circumstances of the case were; however, the writing is clear, and the issues are explained well; overall, good beginning, should describe the case more. C13 reread: good application of the concepts, could have more refs. B-14 project: the topic is now 'interrogation tactics'; overall, an excellent overview of the issues, could expand the text in the notes more. B+23

sophonow -- 2 people; 2.5 sspaced pages text with subtitles, general refspage, and titlepage; the case is described well, and the various problems are pointed out; what sort of safeguards could have prevented this miscarriage happening again?; overall, good beginning, needs more analysis, especially for two people. B- 14 project: 23 slides including titlepage, table of contents, bibliography, and thank you; all of the text appears to be on the slides, which makes for a crowded presentation and a short essay; the analysis covers most of the main points of the case, and could get into more detail in places, for example about the photos used to identify the defendant; overall, good work, needs to develop the essay component more, especially for two people. B-21 

baltovich -- 2 pages dspaced with subtitles, plus titlepage, and refs page with 2 refs; a basic description of the case, and what went wrong; including media coverage of the case would be interesting, especially since it seems to be implicated in the faulty testimony; what was the reason for the eventual exoneration? overall, good beginning. C13 project: 10 dspaced pages including titlepage, refspage, and subtitles, no pictures; the discussion of the case is good, especially the legal angles and their impact on the eventual exoneration; stylistically could use some photos, but overall this is a good presentation of the case. B+23

mccullough -- 2 people; 2 sspaced, with subtitles, titlepage, and 4 webrefs; the case is interesting, and it seems that a major factor is the role of the police, which raises the question of what sort of safeguards would prevent such 'mistakes' happening?; good beginning and parallels to other cases. B15 project: 2 people, 13 slides including titlepage and refspage, could have more academic references; stylistically, there is too much text on the slides, and could be simplified; it is interesting how features of the case are shown to be present in other known wrongful conviction too; overall, good work. B+23

gregparsons -- 2 sspaced pages with subtitles, plus titlepage and 2 refs; good detail on the case, and the police mistakes appear to have been systematic and biased; more on whether those mistakes were fault-based or cognitive-based would add to the analysis; overall, good beginning, there might even be media coverage. B+15.5
project: 15 slides including titlepage and refspage, text in notes, mostly small text on slides with some images; it's interesting that there are so many cases in such a small place, hich looks like overall incompetence on the part of the police; overall, good work, especially in connecting the case to some others, and more on what went wrong, slide #14, would strengthen the analysis. B+23

banderson -- 6 dspaced pages with subtitles, pictures, and several webrefs; the case is described well, and the writing is good; more on the racial angle, and how natives are more likely to be wrongfully convicted, etc., will strengthen the analysis, and show how the issues are more systemic. good beginning B15 project: 8 dspaced pages with references, no titlepage, subtitles, some images; the topic seems to have shifted to 'eyewitnesses', and there s a general discussion of some of the problems with eyewitnesss; tying the observations to specific cases would strengthen the analysis, in showing how the abstract ideas play out in cases. overall, good, could be developed more.B-21

mrbig -- 5 dspaced pages with titlepage, refspage, and subtitles; the issue is a good one, and this procedure can certainly lead to wrongful convictions; more detail on how they work, and when they don't, would add to the analysis; unger is a good example, are there others? good beginning. B-14 project: 11 dspaced pages with subtitles, titlepage, refspage, no pictures; the description of the technique and its limitations, the reference to the Hart case, and the discussion of the Unger case are all good; more on the legal technicalities, and why some countries have banned this technique would add more to the analysis. B22.5

confessions -- 2.5 dspaced pages, with academic references; false confessions, as pointed out, are related to vulnerability quite often, such as youths, racial minorities, and the poor; and juries are more likely to convict if there's a confession even if it is retracted; good beginning, try using subtitles to organize themes. B-14 project: 15 slides including titlepage, table of contents, and refspage, and the text is in the notes, although it might be a bit short for the essay; some of he factors that lead to false confessions are spelled out such as police pressure and marginality, however the 3 cases at the end, the 3M's were not false confessions, but rather false testimony, similar but different. overall, good, could be reworked. B-21

rubincarter -- 2 pages with subtitles and picture, and several references; good description of the case and all his troubles; more on the psychological trauma of being falsely accused and convicted would add to the analysis; overall, good case, good beginning. B15  project: 13 slides including titlepage and 2 refspages; some good images are used, bt there is often too much text on the slides; the essay component is in the notes section; what makes this interesting is that he went on to do advocacy work for others, turning his misfortune around. B+23

westmemphis3 -- 2 sspaced pages, 2 references; interesting case, and it is described well; using subtitles might help organize the themes more, and if the media has a role in sensationalizing the case, perhaps some examples can be found. good beginning, could have more on the psychological angle. B-14 project: 13 slides, with titlepage and refspage, diagrams, transcripts, photos, and news items; the analysis goes thru the case, the evidence, etc. quite well, especially since it is supported by the documentary evidence; coming to an overall conclusion would strengthen the writeup, but overall this is quite good. B22.5

mullins -- 3 dspaced pages plus several references; this is a good case, and notorious enough it is the subject of a cbc episode; using subtitles will help organize the different stages of the case, and perhaps there is also media coverage, eg. the Fifth Estate's "Death in the Family" which could be used; good beginning. B-14 project: 16 slides of images, and just a caption for text, follows the general stages of the case; titlepage and refspage are included, with text in the notes; an interesting item is the copy of the news article, although it can't be read, and the subtitle "M-J can't be factually innocent" is not explained; overall, this is a good recounting of the case, and it is presented well, more on the psychological reasons for his behaviour would strengthen the analysis; overall, good work. B22.5

williammj -- 2 sspaced pages plus extensive refspage; this is a good case, and was perhaps one of the first which D. Smith was involved in; the psychological reasons for why there was such a single-minded obsession with William could be developed more; otherwise, good beginning. B-14 project: 8 dspace pages, no titlepage, 3 refspages, subtitles, no pictures; the facts of the case are straightforward, more on the role of cognitive biases and interpretations, the media's coverage of the case, and of course the role of the prosecutor would strengthen the analysis; using images. pictures, news accounts, and videos would also make the discussion more of a presentation; overall, good work, could be developed more. B-21

woodhouse -- 2.5 dspaced pages, titlepage, and two media references; interesting case, because it's the Winnipeg police, and they are not using proper procedures; developing the psychological angle more would help explain their behaviour, and using subtitles would help organize the themes more; good case. C13 redo: 11.10. good on how project will be done, showing some (more) examples of the cognitive bias would help develop the analysis more, and subtitles would help organize the essay better. thanks for redoing. B-14 project: 9 dspaced pages with titlepage, refspage, no subtitles, or images; this covers the basics, and there could be more about the interrogations, the substance of their lawsuits, the media coverage of their case, the cognitive biases involved, etc.; overall, good case, could be developed more. C+20

raplyrics -- 2 dspaced pages text, no references; this is a very inventive topic, and could be really interesting; including some examples, and perhaps referencing some videos would have added to the proposal, but they can be added to the project; overall, interesting topic, could organize it by cases, perhaps. B-14 project: six dspaced pages with subtiles, 2 pages refs, no titlepage, or images; adding in images of the artists and their performances, quoting some of their lyrics which have become the 'evidence' against them, and so on, would add more detail and strength to the analysis; overall, this is very interesting, and the analysis has some credibility, and could be developed more. B22.5

racism -- 5 dspaced pages with subtitles, mixed references; good topic, especially as it is evident in so many cases in Canada, eg. Woodhouse, Mullins; perhaps there are recommendations for how to avoid racism in new cases? maybe look for federal reports referencing racism in wrongfuls?; good beginning. B15 project: now combined
moreracism -- 2 dspaced pages with subtitles, academic references; the issue of racism is an important one in criminal justice and wrongful convictions; probably just focusing on floyd would be enough, and it certainly was part of a much bigger protest against police racism; overall, good beginning. B-14 project: now combined... 13 slides including titlepage and 2 refspages; the essay is in the notes, but there is too much text on the slides which could be simplified; there is a lot of detail, building a conceptual case that racism is a significant factor in wrongful convictions; overall, this is substantively excellent, and more work could be done to improve the stylistic part of it. B+23

guypaul -- 5pages dspaced including subtitles, titlepage, and refspage; the issue of junk science runs throughout the case, and underlies a lot of the mistakes the police and prosecution made, especially since they wanted to believe they had a case, so there's a cognitive bias there too...; overall, good case, good treatment. B+15.5 project: 13 slides including titlepage and 2 refspages; essay is in the notes, and the slides are well designed; the analysis uses a combination of junk science and cognitive biases to make the case succinctly and persuasively; overall, excellent work. A-

kyleunger -- 5 dspaced pages including titlepage, pictures, and mixed refs; this shows a lot of review already, and major points of the case are mentioned; the mr big sting is especially egregious, because there is such an incentive to lie and admit to crimes not actually committed; excellent beginning. A17 project: 25 slides, including titlepage and refspage; all of the text is on the slides and none in the notes, making for a crowded presentation with too much text to easily read; the analysis is good, and explained well; stylistically the slides cold be better designed for readability. A-24

amandaknox -- 2 sspaced pages with subtitles, pictures, and 3 references; the influence of the media in this case is important, from how it framed the issues to how it created the appearance of guilt and led to a rush to justice; making the documentary the focus of attention is a good idea; excellent beginning. A17 project: 18 slides, with the text in the notes, and the video is the one reference; the documentary is treated as a source of facts, so more discussion of how the case was 'topicalized' would add a more critical edge to the analysis; overall, excellent review, could use more references, and a slight twist on the analysis. A-24

georgeallen -- 4 pages dspaced including subtitles, two references; cases like this seem so common, a likely suspect, a coerced confession, poor evidence which is later overturned, it sounds like a soap opera; perhaps there are pictures or news items which can be added in for interest?; overall, good, could have more detail C13 new topic: menendez. 10.30 3 dspaced pages with subtitles, mixed references page; this is a good case because it is so current; since the media helps construct the case for the public, perhaps media examples can be used? B15 project: 17 slides, all pictures, no text except for the refspage; interesting case, and subtitles would help organize it more thematically for the reader; there also should be more analysis of how the case went wrong and why. overall, interesting and informative, could use more of an academic angle as well. B+23

interrogation -- 6 dspaced pages including titlepage, 2 pages text with subtitles, 2 pages references!, and a blank page; excellent proposal, well written, and focused; keeping it case-based, but also examining the issues by themselves will work well; could use some pictures, excellent beginning A17 project: 26 slides including titlepage and refspage; there is a lot of information on the slides, eg #6, which makes for difficult reading, perhaps they could be simplified; most of the slides have text in the notes, but not in some cases, eg #10, where it says Reid was used with Morin; overall, the content is good, but the style should be simplified. A-24 

clarencewood -- 2.5 dspaced pages, several references; looking at court documents and media reports is ambitious, but would certainly fill in the full picture; adding a few here would show what they look like; overall, a thought out project, could use more detail. B-14 project: now it is Wilbert Coffin; 11 slides including titlepage, refspage, pictures and minimal text on slides, and no text in the notes; retry: the text in the notes looks too short for the essay component; overall, interesting case, could be developed more, eg. media coverage, etc. C+20

moreeyewitness -- 2sspaced pages, webreferences, subtitles; an interesting case, and there is lots of detail; perhaps there is some media coverage which could be added; overall, good beginning. B15 project: 6 dspaced pages including titepage, refspage, and 4 pages text; the discussion is a temporal description of the case, with little mention on memory, eyewitness identification, tunnel vision, etc., which would improve the analysis; overall, the text could be developed more, but the powerpoint had a lot of good images from the case. B-21

menendez -- 2 dspaced pages, varied references; this is a good, contemporary case to examine, especially given the amount of media coverage; to see them as victims means they should have had a plausible self-defense; perhaps the role of the media is important in this injustice. B15