She didn't "play the victim card" and "get off lightly." It was a
straight plea bargain. They had no hard evidence against Bernardo, and
she offered to testify in exchange for a shortish sentence. (Then, after
her trial was over, they discovered a video tape which would have be
sufficient to convict him without her testimony, but it was too late.)
Chris Green
York U.
Toronto
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Bourgeois, Dr. Martin wrote:
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From: Michael Smith [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:18 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Any guesses on the probability?
There was a horrendous case in Canada a few years ago (Carla Homolka
and Paul Bernardo). She played the victim card and 'got off lightly'
compared to Barnardo. Are people less willing to believe that a woman
could be so vile? Why would this be the case?
--Mike
Because men are far more likely to commit violent crimes, and people are
attending to base rates?
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Shearon, Tim
<[email protected]> wrote:
Mike
98.92496%. Seriously, I think it is almost certain. The alternative would be to admit something
rather likely to put you away for about. . . . forever! That does leave a small chance she'll take
the "stiff upper lip" defense, "'It's a fair cop!"
Tim
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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [email protected]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and
systems
"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker
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From: Michael Smith [[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:57 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Any guesses on the probability?
Anyone have a guess on the probability that Nancy Garrido the wife of
Phillip Garrido (the couple accused of the abduction, rape, and
confinement for 18 years of Jaycee Dugard) will be pleading that she
is just another victim of the bad man?
--Mike
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