15.30 - 16.15
THE STAIRCASE AND COGNITIVE BIAS

David Rudolf and Sonya Pfeiffer

How do wrongful convictions really occur?  Why do they keep occurring?  And why did the Owl Theory not get raised in Michael Peterson’s trial?

Answer: cognitive biases.

We are designed to organise patterns in our complex, information-filled world, allowing us to be efficient and make rapid decisions with little mental effort.  Relying on these “mental shortcuts” has the potential to skew or undermine criminal investigations and lead to wrongful convictions.  At CrimeCon London join criminal defense attorneys and Webby-award-winning Abuse of Power podcast co-hosts Sonya Pfeiffer and David Rudolf for a wild ride inside the investigative mind, the criminal mind and the legal mind, while taking a deep dive into the Owl Theory.  You may be surprised what you believe.