a criminal and civil court for the same crime. How the witnesses gained their knowledge is important because it helps the jury or/and judge figure out the whole story. Each witness has their own perspective on what happen and provide evidence that will help the jury figure out who’s guilty/liable or not. Witnesses can see what happened‚ but it may look like a different thing to another witness in a different angle. Moreover‚ some witnesses are there on the scene earlier than another so they understand
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Competence and compellability of witnesses * A person to give evidence in court has to be legally competent‚ subject to the rules of admissibility. * A witness is compelled to give evidence‚ even if it’s against his will. * Failure to do so will result in contempt of court. However it is also contempt of court for a witness to refuse without lawful authority to answer questions put to him. * The modern test for the competence of witnesses varies‚ depending what type of case it
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death 37 people had witnessed her trying to frantically escape from her assailant. There were no qualms when the witnesses were questioned as to why they didn’t bother helping a woman that they could hear pleading for her life; all with meaningless replies of inconvenience. It is widely accepted that watching someone being attacked and murdered would be a traumatic event to witnesses; but the bystander
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influence how a person acts. Some people might get nervous and be apt to change their testimony‚ or might even play it up for the camera. With the peer pressure of being on television‚ do you think allowing media in the courtroom could affect witnesses’ testimonials and juror’s verdicts? There has been an ongoing debate whether the media should be allowed in the courtroom. Media has been present in courtrooms since 63 B.C. (Court Reporting‚ n.d.). Throughout the ages‚ media has been involved
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McLauglin‚ Eliott. “What We Know About Michael Brown’s Shooting.” CNN. Cable News Network‚ August 15‚ 2014. Web. This article was informing us on the first‚ basic information that was gathered about the case. It includes stories from both sides of the case and contradictions of both. Such as‚ if Brown was actually innocent or not and exactly how many times he was shot. Personally‚ I’m almost certain that this entire case was taken too far. It seems to me like the races of the victim and the officer
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(Arizona Judicial Branch‚ 2013‚ para. 1). Although the judge has the ultimate authority in the courtroom the bailiff is tasked with keeping order during trial or hearings. The bailiff announces entry of the judge‚ supervises the jury‚ and calls witnesses (National Institute of Justice‚ 2008). The court reporter is tasked with recording all elements of the trial in short hand‚ including instructions to the court‚ testimony‚ and rulings. The courtroom clerk “is an officer of the court and documents
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after the time of Elijah and Elisha. So most Bible commentators believe the author of this book was a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah‚ the last of the prophets before Israel went into captivity. <br> <br>The name Obadiah means "the servant of Jehovah;" He fulfills the position of a servant. He comes and does
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The Depression is described by Vanessa as an uncontrollable force brought upon the people by a malevolent God. An allusion to the Bible is made when Vanessa describes the depression’s effect on Manawaka as “Children of Israel being afflicted by Jehovah but never in real danger of annihilation(288)” this again reaffirms the circumstance of Chris’s environment are
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In Islam there is no particular Symbol which represent it‚ they believe religion don’t require symbols for its popularity and its survival. The Hebrew spelling of the name of the God Jehovah: JHVH‚ spelled with the Hebrew letters is a direct link to Astrological elements of Fire‚ Water‚ Air‚ and Earth: (http://home.iae.nl/) Buddhism symbols are Begging Bowl‚ Bell‚ Conch Shell‚ Crown‚ Deer‚ Diamond‚ Dorje‚ Eight Auspicious‚ Endless Knot
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think there is enough money in the world to compensate for all the things taken away when someone is erroneously convicted. In Anthony’s case the main reason behind his imprisonment was Sebesta. Sebesta corroborated witnesses‚ held information from the court‚ and threatened witnesses of the defense. Had there been no foul play Graves would have not been sentenced to death and the justice system would have provided justice. Unfortunately the system is run by people therefore justice is compromised
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