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What can psychologists tell us about Mr Big?
Leading experts in false confessions argue that we (and therefore jury members) find it difficult to believe that someone could confess to a crime they didn’t commit, difficult to tell when someone is lying, and difficult to accept that it’s people’s predicaments that drive their behaviour, not their character.
All this makes David’s lawyers nervous about the trial. They try put up expert evidence so the jury can understand these things, but the judges threw it out.They said juries should be able to understand all that on their own.
But can they?
Could you?
Photo: Ebony Lamb Photography
Written and presented by Steven Price
Executive Producers Justin Gregory, Katy Gosset & Tim Watkin
Director Duncan Smith
Music Ebony Lamb and Gram Antler
Images by Ebony Lamb. Design by Jarred Bishop
Supported by the Michael and Suzanne and Borrin Foundation and Te Kauhanganui Tatai Ture, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
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Photo: Borrin Foundation
