can be considered self-incriminating if it could lead to criminal liability in any jurisdiction. It is also giving a testimony in a trial or other legal proceeding that could subject one to criminal prosecution. 3. There are several situations in which a witness can be compelled to provide testimony that concerns his or her own criminal activity. What are they? 10pts *Testimony *Compulsion *Self-incrimination 4. What is the difference between absolute immunity and use (including derivative
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attic of a former girlfriend’s house. Payne was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder. At sentencing‚ Payne presented the testimony of his mother‚ father‚ Bobbie Thomas and a clinical psychologist. These testimonies’ showed Payne was of good character‚ he attended church and he was of low intelligence and mentally handicapped. The State presented the testimony of Ms. Christopher’s mother‚ who spoke of the negative impact of the murders on Nicholas. Furthermore‚ the prosecutor presented argument
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surprised that they did not shoot sooner. His ‘deathbed testimony’ was presented to court by Dr. Jefferies as follows‚ with Jeffries repeating what Carr said to him. “Prosecutor- Were the soldiers greatly abused? Jefferies- Yes‚ they were. Prosecutor- Would they have been hurt if they had not fired? Jefferies- Yes. Prosecutor- So they fired in self-defense? Jefferies- Yes‚ and he did not blame whoever it was that hit him.” This testimony was believed due to the fact that the jury did not think
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happen in similar cases in the future. To Hume a miracle is a transgression of the laws of nature caused by God or by some form of invisible agent. He uses a priori reasoning supporting this with a number of sub-arguments designed to discredit testimonies regarding miracles. He argued that miracles cannot exist because the laws of nature cannot be broken e.g. If one were to drop a book off a desk one would expect that it would fall to the fall because we have experience of gravity on Earth.
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lead humans to lose touch with basic human emotion as well as the sensual and spiritual experience true darkness has to offer. Spaulding makes this claim evident through exceptional use of personal testimony and copious appeals to value. Spaulding begins her essay with a detailed personal testimony that describes the deep emotional connection she feels for darkness. In part of the second paragraph she states‚ “the sky and shore and water were all one inky darkness though stars sparkled on the watery
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about this argument‚ great logos‚ and a good pathos. But‚ Bogans did not present many ethos and more information about his main part of the argument. Terrence Bogans had a lot of information to back up his topic‚ supported his research with a good testimony‚ and expressed many counterarguments. However‚ Bogans spend a lot of time explaining and describing the supporting grounds instead of the main idea and those points weaken his essay and created confusion about what is the main topic. The topic of
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Case Brief Assignment: State v. Kelbel Monique Ramirez JS 143 Professor Peterson Case: State v. Kelbel Facts: Kyle John Kelbel was convicted of first-degree murder‚ past pattern of child abuse‚ in violation of Minnesota state statute section 609.185(5) and second-degree murder‚ in violation of Minnesota statute 609.19‚ subdivision 2(1). He was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Kailyn Marie Montgomery. Kelbel appealed‚ and argued that the district court failed to instruct
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Flew with the testimony from history‚ that there is a lack of direct and empirical evidence for the number of people to have seen a miracle. However‚ Swinburne suggests that just because it is not a regular occurrence it does not mean that they did not happen once in history. This therefore highlighted that Hume’s claim that miracles are least likely of events is probably true. Hume arguments from testimony suggest that the only evidence we have of miracles occurring is from testimonies from other people
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falsifying DNA results and testimonies‚ Zain’s misconduct finally came to the surface after the State v. Woodall case. Fred Zain’s career even started with falsifying information. According to “Ethics in Science”‚ Zain was employed to the West Virginia State Police crime lab based on a
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discusses the validation of human testimony as far as miracles which are the base for many religions in Section 10 of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Hume focuses mostly on Christianity and the miracle of Jesus rising from the dead. Hume argues that humans have no compelling reason to believe in miracles‚ and that the evidence for miracles is most definitely not enough to base a religion upon them. Human knowledge on miracles is all based on human testimony from those who have claimed to
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