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Jul-2021

Read the text and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

Crime Victims

Not surprisingly, the crime victims are often called upon to identify the person who robbed or attacked them. For a jury, the victim’s testimony is often proof positive that the accused is guilty. After all, who can better identify the wrongdoer than the person harmed. This is just common sense. Yet as is so often the case, common sense can be misleading. As it turns out, crime victims don’t necessarily make reliable witnesses. Overcome with fear, they often close their eyes or focus fixedly on the weapon being used to threaten them. As a result, they don’t get a good look at the thief or attacker. While it’s not true that crime victim testimony is always inaccurate, it’s also true that one can’t assume a victim’s identification is automatic proof of guilt.

Which of the following most accurately summarizes the opinion of the author in the text?

a) Crime victims do not always correctly identify those who have harmed them.b) Crime victim testimony is almost always inaccurate because during the crime, the victim was overcome with terror.c) The testimony of crime victims has put far too many people in jail.

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