A witness to a jewelry store heist is asked by an investigator, 'How fast was the culprit sprinting when they snatched the heavy silver necklace?' and 'Did you notice the tattoo on the culprit's right wrist?' In reality, there was no necklace and no tattoo.
Explain how these leading questions could affect the accuracy of the eyewitness testimony, referring to both the response-bias explanation and the substitution explanation.
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