By Gabriela Villa | Observer Contributor
KAVANAUGH Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, on his nomination to be U. S. circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
JUDICIAL MEMOS, WASHINGTON, USA
Julie Capozzi, Associate Professor of Sociology, spoke about the issue of body language and its’ correlation with honesty in court cases.
Capozzi said, “Certain body language, gestures and behaviors can be correlated with verbal testimonies for inconsistencies but cannot be used to determine guilt or innocence.”
She used Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony as an example. “One thing we look at to determine if someone may not be truthful is micro gestures, or facial idiosyncrasies,” Capozzi said.