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When I read your response, it should be evident to me that you watched the assigned video. Be sure to include examples from the video to support your response.  1. When interrogating suspected offenders, police are allowed to make accusations, lie about or make up evidence, yell at the suspects or get in their faces. In the case shown in the video, the police told one of the men that he had failed a polygraph (lie detector) test, even though he had passed it. Why do you think it is legal for police to lie when questioning a potential criminal? Do you think that is right? What do you think police should and should not be allowed to do during an interrogation? 2. Before being questioned by police, suspects must be told their Miranda rights, which give them the right to remain silent and to speak to an attorney. Why might these men have waived their rights? In what ways might their innocence have affected their perception of the importance of remaining silent or having a lawyer present? How might their story have been different if they had insisted on exercising these rights? 3. In this case, DNA tests of hair and bodily fluids did not indicate that any of the four men were at the crime scene. Why didn’t the DNA test results help clear these men of the crime? 4. Eventually these men were found or pleaded guilty of the crime in court, even though there was no evidence linking them to the crime, and a positive DNA match identified another man who had confessed to the crime. How could that happen? In what ways were the following parties responsible for the outcome: the four men themselves; the police; the lawyers; and — in the case of a court trial — the jury? 5. This case took place in Virginia, which not only has a death penalty, but also has the highest total number of executions of all the states in the nation. How did the possibility of the death penalty play into this story? 6. Lastly, please conduct a Google search on the “Norfolk Four” for recent news articles on this case. What is the latest status update on their case? Describe.  C. Lastly, go to the Innocence Project website and review any one recent case.  1. Describe the case – who, what, when, where, why, and how. 2. Do you believe a wrongly accused person should be compensated for the time they spent in prison? If no, explain why. If yes, explain why and opine whether you believe a certain amount of money can be considered a fulfilling reparation, or whether there are factors that cannot be measured in dollars. D. Your paper should be two, single-spaced pages, font size 12, Times New Roman or comparable font, normal margins, approximately 1000-1300 words, saved as a PDF. Your response should be well-written, and well-organized with complete sentences and no grammatical, punctuation, or spelling errors.  1. Do not fail to respond thoroughly to all of the above six content areas of the paper – specifically all underlined questions. It is the student’s responsibility to demonstrate that they understand all content areas of a job analysis and can apply each to a personal real-life example.

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