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    published together with the above information in mass media. Thus‚ the main business partners and suppliers of the company started doubting financial viability of Core-Tex. The company’s stock price fell. In my opinion‚ the best solution of this problem is a good PR campaign. Core-Tex needs to return trust of business partners‚ suppliers and the public. It is worth listening to advice of the vice-president for marketing and to stay ahead of the rumors and assumptions. First of all‚ the board of directors

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    Paper #1 Studies show that eyewitness testimony is the greatest cause of wrongful convictions to date. Prosecutors don’t always rely on physical evidence to land a conviction. Rather‚ they often focus on verbal evidence‚ such as witness statements and confessions‚ to sway jurors in their favor. It has been shown that juries are significantly more likely to bring forth a guilty verdict if there is eyewitness corroboration of the crime. Although eyewitness testimony has proven unreliable time and time

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    I always thought that eyewitness testimony was a bullet proof plan in the judicial system. I always thought that eyewitness testimony wasn’t malleable. You would think that when you are being raped and you analyze the rapist face you will know exactly who it is. I never considered how a weapon can effect what the brain focuses on. But if I thought about it more it does make sense. Because your brain is in survival mode because there is a knife to your neck. Your brain is not focusing on remembering

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    Psychology and law Misinformation effect and eyewitness memory “Eyewitness testimony” book explores in depth how eyewitnesses can in fact be highly unreliable and the psychology behind why. Expert on human memory. Loftus’ previous studies revolved around whether memories are necessarily accurate Inspired by a real case The study was conducted in 1974 “Aim of study; Test their hypothesis that the language used in eyewitness testimony can alter memory” (simplepsychology.org) Main focus; How the wording

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    Prosecution closing address to the Jury Macbeth V The Crown Good morrow esteemed lords and ladies of the court‚ it is within my regrets to tell you that our “noble” thane (of both Glamis and Cawdor) and King Macbeth has murdered our fair (late) King Duncan for his own traitorous and greedy purposes. Macbeth has betrayed his country and committed regicide‚ the highest form of sacrilege. The prosecution has found Macbeth guilty beyond a reasonable doubt‚ with several accounts of murder‚ manslaughter

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    HENRY LAWSON:- Many composers have been successful in using distinctly visual elements to create a particular image to reveal their own vision of the world. Henry Lawson is able to portray his image that life in the bush is not romantic. One can see this message portrayed through the short stories ‘the drovers wife’ and ‘in a dry season’. However Douglas Stewart portrays his perception of the destructive nature of mankind visually through his poems ‘wombat’ and ‘nesting time’ Firstly in Lawson’s

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    situation we can say that here opinions of expert is important. I believe in order to search any topic we should take opinion from expert in order to make our knowledge more vivid or lucid as well as more understanding or comprehensive. Below I will assess the importance of opinion of experts in the search for knowledge along with I will evaluate the case of the opinions of experts in three of the areas knowledge. Here question arises who is considered expert? An expert is an important person who has achieves

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    Criminal evidence is any exhibit or testimony regarding a crime. It can take many forms‚ and is typically used to establish that a crime has been committed and identify blame or fault in a criminal case. What constitutes acceptable criminal evidence varies somewhat between legal systems‚ although ideally‚ evidence provides reasonably reliable information that gives a more complete picture of a crime The outcome of many criminal law cases will depend upon the strength and admissibility of evidence

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    Professional Ethical Standards in Criminal Justice Careers While researching a growing number of career potentials in the field of criminal justice‚ one sticks out more than the others. The field of practicing law and being a lawyer certainly created more interest than some of the others. An attorney has an interesting job‚ and the side of the law he/she chooses to practice proposes different ethical situations that would create potential dilemmas in everyday situations. Attorneys are people

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    try and rely on the defence of private defence. The defence would operate if the defendant (Bill) thought he was facing an unjust threat from the victim and to avoid such a threat used a reasonable level of force in circumstances. Section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 states that ‘a person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of a crime or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large’. Thus

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