In 1995 Jack Dempsey was convicted for setting fire to a
Cleveland, Ohio building. Firefighters found Mr. Dempsey
unconscious in the basement of the building as it burned. Police
charged him with arson and he served more than six years in prison.
However, his conviction has been overturned and he has been awarded
more than $300,000 in damages. You can read about the case and Mr.
Dempsey’s settlement here: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/02/cleveland_man_wrongfully_convi.html
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National Registry of Exonerations article (Links to an
external site.) Links to an external site. After reading the
assigned chapter (Chapter 17) and the provided resources about the
case, please answer the following questions about the case. Be sure
to use scholarly and professional sources to support your
assertions. Cite your sources throughout the body of your work and
list your references at the end of your initial post: Based on the
chapter reading and the provided case history, analyze commonly
accepted forensic techniques and contemporary specialized
techniques regarding fire/arson investigation focusing on whether
or not they were used in this case and how that use, or failure to
use, influenced the investigation. Discuss why you think
police believed Mr. Dempsey set fire to the building? Briefly
define cognitive bias then discuss what role cognitive bias may
play in classifying a fire as an arson. Discuss some motives for
committing arson including the most common. Based on what you read
in the news story, did it appear that Mr. Dempsey had any motive to
set the building on fire? Evaluate accepted methodologies employed
in contemporary crime scene management and how these methodologies
were or were not employed in this investigation. Generally
speaking, what are the challenges for CSIs with determining whether
a fire scene is actually arson or simply an accident? Include a
brief explanation of how to process and retrieve trace evidence in
a fire scenario.
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