Chapter 7 : Memory

What elements played a role in creating Paul's "memories"?
Paul didn't think that his daughters were liars so he thought that what they said was true. All of his sheriffs and friends were his interrogators. He was also placed in an isolated cell where the lights were on nearly all the time because he was under a suicide watch. He was manipulated, hypnotized, and detained. The police told him that if he confessed that he would start to remember what happened. He visualized what happened after praying and would describe what he thought would have happened in third person.
Identify research findings from the Locust Article that might apply to the Paul Ingram case.
Stated in the article, people can be implanted with false memories that never happened under certain conditions. For example a study was shown how people had said that they had seen Bugs Bunny at Disney World because they were talking about it and made it believable and realistic. Bugs Bunny isn't even a Disney character but people were convinced they had seen him. This shows that with the right amount of convincing and manipulating you can get people to remember things that never happened, just like how Paul Ingram believed he committed the crime.
What evidence of his potential innocence was ignored? Why would people ignore this evidence?
The daughter who said that her dad molested her was actually a virgin. He could have never raped his daughters if they were virgins. The evidence was ignored because all over the country people had heard  what he had done and he was already hated, also he couldn't be trusted because people didn't know what to believe. Also, once he confesses there was no way to go back, if he said he did it, there was no going back.
Why do you think Paul Ingram confessed?
I think he confessed because he was under so much pressure and all of his friends and family turned against him and he had nobody to talk to. Also, I think that all along he was trying to be a good father, and he didn't want his kids to get in trouble or have to go to court or jail. He eventually believed what people were telling him because he didn't know what else to think.