It will examine the workings and procedures of jury systems‚ the rules of evidence and concerns and issues with the use of a jury. It will also provide opinions and research of others into criminal evidence and juries. Eyewitness evidence is the testimony of a person giving an account of an event they have witnessed‚ for example the identification of perpetrators and details of the crime scene. An eyewitness can be a victim‚ a bystander‚ or a participant in the crime‚ the most common type of eyewitness
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The case of Bradshaw v. Rawlings concerns events that occurred on April 13‚ 1975. The plaintiff‚ Donald Bradshaw‚ was seriously injured in an automobile accident. During this time‚ he was enrolled as a sophomore at Delaware Valley College and had been attending his class picnic. At the end of the picnic‚ he left as a passenger in Bruce Rawlings vehicle. Shortly after departure‚ Rawlings crashed his vehicle into a parked vehicle. Due to this collision‚ Bradshaw suffered serious injuries including
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another’s statement‚ a newspaper‚ or a document. Relevance – Testimony and evidence presented at trial must be relevant to the case. The judge decides the outcome of an objection‚ sometimes after allowing attorneys on both sides to comment before making a ruling. The judge either “sustains” the objection so that the action stops‚ or he “overrules” the objection and allows the action to continue. Closing Arguments After the defense’s direct testimony and cross examination by the prosecutor of all the witnesses
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Psychology in the Court Room The Expert Witness “How reliable is eyewitness testimony” On the 28th of September 1999‚ a building society in West Bromwich was robbed by a man brandishing a gun. He had approached the cashier desk and pushed aside a customer and then produced a gun. He ordered the three customers in the bank to lie on the floor. He then pointed the gun in the face of the cashier and told her to fill the bag with money. In doing so‚ she managed to raise the silent alarm alerting
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Eyewitness Testimony One important application of research into memory is eyewitness testimony (EWT). EWT is used as evidence in criminal trials in countries all over the world. Juries tend to pay extra attention to eyewitness testimony and generally see it as very trustworthy and convincing. However‚ a great deal of research in cognitive psychology tells us that‚ in general‚ people’s memories are fairly fallible. This section examines some of the psychological factors that can affect the accuracy
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In the United States criminal justice system‚ the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. There are three ways that actually help the defendant from being wrongly accused and gives them a fighting chance to win in case they are innocent; the confrontation clause‚ cross- examination and the burden of proof. The confrontation clause is an important part of the 6th amendment which gives the defendant the right to confront their accuser. Cross examination helps to find out more about the
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father. The evidence brought forth in the trial is the testimony of an old man who lives in the apartment about the boy’s‚ a switchblade knife‚ the boy’s sketchy alibi‚ and the eyewitness testimony of a woman who lives across from the boy’s apartment building. With the evidence making the boy appear guilty‚ a single juror questions the accuracy of the evidence and tries to implant reasonable doubt within the other jurors. The testimony of the old man that lives in the apartment about the boy’s
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presented to the court can be regarded as trustworthy. In Scots law the rule of corroboration in criminal cases‚ requires that there must be two pieces of evidence‚ to prove each essential fact. For example‚ DNA evidence could corroborate an eye witness testimony‚ proving person X committed a crime. This corroboration requirement no longer applies in civil cases‚ with the exception of some areas of family law‚ such as divorce‚ when another individual‚ not party to the marriage‚ must act as ’witness’‚ however
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Tuesday‚ April 04‚ 2006 A. Control in Cross-Examination No skill of the trial advocate epitomizes adversarial confrontation as dramatically or significantly as that of cross-examination. An ancient legal maxim states that there is never an outcome of a cause contested that is not mainly dependent on the advocate’s skill in cross-examination. Over the centuries of testing the veracity of witnesses by cross-examination‚ from Socrates’ masterful questioning of his accuser Miletus through the trials
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Evidence No | | Date | 12/12/12 | | | HNC Social Care Evidence Gathering Form Identify evidence type | | | | | | Direct observation | | Reflective account | | Expert witness | | Questions | | Product | | Witness testimony | | Evidence Direct observation reflective account about my placement at Headways brain trauma group. | Unit‚ Element‚ PCs | Knowledge | The purpose of my supervision meeting is to talk over any issues I might have or my manager might have regaurding
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