A SUMMARY OF THE RULES OF EVIDENCE: THE ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL IN THE COURTROOM By Vincent DiCarlo TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. The Four Types of Evidence III. General Rules of Admissibility IV. Real Evidence V. Demonstrative Evidence VI. Documentary Evidence VII. Testimonial Evidence VIII. Form of Examination IX. The Lay Opinion Rule X. Accrediting and Discrediting a Witness XI. Character Evidence XII. The Rule Against Hearsay XIII. Privileges
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Citizen Journalists into Citizen paparazzi? Mark Glaser discusses how people chose to respond and document the events on July 7‚ 2005‚ after terrorists boomed three underground trains and a double decker bus in London‚ England. He gives personal testimonies about how survivors of the attack walked out of the train station in order to get some fresh air. Only to find that many bystanders were standing around taking pictures and videos of the victims and survivors. One survivor said that the bystanders
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On the first half of the interview‚ Cox and Allison‚ were certain about their testimony. After long hours of interrogation‚ the two witnesses have complied with the police’s story to avoid conflict and to be released from custody. The witnesses have also become suggestible during the interrogation‚ they have answered falsely in some
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H.‚ & Kirk‚ E. P. (2001). The relationships among working memory‚ math anxiety‚ and performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General‚ 130‚ 224-237. Azar‚ B. (2011). Amercian Psychological Association. The limits of eyewitness testimony. Retrieved June 03‚ 2012 from www.apa.org › ... › December 2011 Monitor on Psychology Cowan‚ N. (2005). A Workout for Working Memory.Retrieved June 03‚ 2012 from www.apa.org › ... › September 2005 Monitor on Psychology Clark
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DNA of victims is carried away on the clothes of their assailants (Saferstein‚ 2015). Thus‚ by using DNA it is relatively easy to place individuals at crime scenes and discover key evidence. Before the 1980s‚ the courts primarily relied on testimony and eyewitness accounts as the main source of evidence (Newton‚ 2008). Notoriously unreliable‚ it comes as no surprise that these techniques have since faded away due to the reliability of DNA typing. DNA typing‚ also called DNA fingerprinting or DNA profiling
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investigation has less of hard science character and relies more on the experience and skills of the investigator rather than rigid scientific protocols and procedures. Evidence is a piece of information that supports cases in the trial likes the testimony and presentation of documents‚ records‚ objects and other such items relating to the existence or non-existence of alleged or disputed facts into which a court enquires. Evidence is also designed to ensure that evidence which has been compromised
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Mistaken Identity Issues and Reform In today’s world‚ mistaken identity is a serious set back for the criminal justice system. Mistaken identity can be caused from many different reasons. Some of those reasons include: the person’s stress‚ memory‚ and suggestions. If a person is put in a situation where there is high stress‚ it may be difficult for them to accurately recall what happened or whom they saw. For instance‚ if a person were to be in a convenience store when it’s being robbed‚ their
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Hundreds of Americans are wrongfully sent to death row. This means that hundreds of people die innocently. Killing people for killing others is wrong in any situation. Though some people say when murder is punished with death‚ less people will commit the crime‚ murdering is uncivil‚ especially when the person is wrongfully accused. Killing someone for killing someone else is not an appropriate punishment. According to the Constitution the death penalty is uncivil. The Eighth Amendment bars cruel
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In the case of House v. Bell‚ Paul Gregory House was arrested and charged with the murder of Carolyn Muncey. He was found guilty of murder with aggravating factors (attempt to commit rape) and was sentenced to the death penalty. This is NOT a typical criminal case. It was so extraordinary in the sense that a man was not only convicted of murder but sentenced to death as well on only circumstantial evidence. The verdict‚ which found Paul House to be guilty of murder and sentenced to death was a
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It requires the judge or jury to make inferences and to draw conclusions. At a murder trial‚ for example‚ a person who heard gunshots and moments later saw someone run by with a smoking gun in hand might testify to those facts. Even without an eyewitness to the actual homicide‚ the jury might conclude that the person seen with the gun was the one who pulled the trigger and committed the crime. Circumstantial evidence is sufficient to produce a conviction in a criminal trial. In fact‚ some prosecuting
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