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    criminals and murders and when he interrogates them he always gets a confession. Just because Trent gets a confession doesn’t always means it’s the truth. Trent pressures the people accused of abhorrent and appalling murders into saying they did a terrible crime even though it was not them. Evidence of him doing such a thing is when the police find the real murderer of a young girl in Monument‚ Massachusetts when Trent grasps a confession right out of an accused boy that had nothing to do with the murder

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    |Arizona |Confessions are admissible in evidence in any |Arizona v Londo |Title 13. Admissibility of minor’s | | |criminal prosecution if given voluntarily. |Miranda v Arizona |statement | | |Prior to the confession being admissible‚ the | | | | |judge will look closer at the confession to |

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    Anecdotal Demonstrated Based on incidents experience Scientifically thorough Experimentation Very important when attempting to detect deception Greater importance on physical evidence * Reliability- irrefutable * We get fewer confessions (Charter of Rights and Freedoms changes) * We have newer scientific advances- amazing things are found through science Limitations of Physical Evidence Perception- Perspective and interpretation- young woman versus an old woman Challenges

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    not in his right mind. Nevertheless‚ the big question here is if this person has the reasonable understanding to appreciate what waiving the Miranda rights mean. In support of the state‚ the brief had the purpose of saying that the respondent’s confessions were not involuntary even though he was suffering from a mental disease and arguing that they were the result of hallucinations. The Amicus brief was submitted for the simple reason that they believe the defendant was indeed competent to waive Miranda

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    In the Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ men and women each hold powerful and important parts. Men hold mainly all of the power because they decide those who are sentenced to death. They are the ones who are in control of the village and lastly they all try to dominate over each other. Women accuse many of witchcraft and that is a big part. The men though decide out of those accusations who is sentenced to death by a hang. Overall‚ the men choose what to believe and what to do after that such as the

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    something. The sin creates twists in the story‚ making the story much more interesting. In “First Confession”‚ “Another Evening At The Club”‚ and “David and Goliath”‚ you can tell that sin has a major impact. Frank O’Connor does an outstanding job at showing the impact of sin of bullying in “First Confession”. This short story is about an Irish boy named Jackie. Jackie is preparing to make his First Confession‚ which is a very nerve-wracking experience. Jackie was especially scared because Nora‚ his

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    These teachings made the trials and also the confessions meaningless‚ because if one of the elect was on trial‚ then according to teaching #5‚ a man was saved forever. So why confess? These confessions were worthless in the eyes of the Puritan God‚ because no matter what a man confessed to‚ no matter what he did in life‚ his final resting spot was already determined. So then why did the Puritans insist upon confession as a means of salvation? Why did they force innocent people

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    influenced the development of Western Christianity and provided a new twist on the idea of thinking. He did through a few of his very famous and attractive writings‚ Confessions and City of God. “Scripture tells us that those who seek the Lord will praise him‚ for as they seek they find him‚ and on finding him they will praise him.” (Confessions‚ 7) His philosophical idea in which the nature of human needs to seek the Lord shaped humanity during his time period‚ and continue to do so through the worldview

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    hanged‚ and beat the tenants to get a confession out of them. They finally confessed‚ so the police would stop torturing them. The three tenants were tried in court and were found guilty‚ and were sentenced to be hanged. The three black farmers were in front of an all-white jury. The tenant farmers appealed to the US Supreme Court‚ which is the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court overturned their conviction‚ and stated that no one can obtain a confession by torturing someone. They plead Nolo

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    under the suspicion of being guilty. They also weren’t informed of ere charges up front because they were expected to know of the sins they committed. In the 12th century the Pope Innocent IV issued a bull that allowed the use of torture to get a confession from the accused. If the accused confessed while being tortured they were expected to confess in front of the court

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