as it was believed to be prejudicial to the accused. Following the interrogation of the accused’s close family and friends in an attempt to establish a motive‚ investigators interviewed Farquharson’s friend‚ Mr Gregory King. Mr King became a key witness in the murder
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR ROONEY v. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2012 MEMORIAL FOR THE APPELLANT i TABLE OF CONTENTS Index of Authorities .................................................................................................... iii Statement of Jurisdiction.............................................................................................. iv Statement of Facts .........................................................................................
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actions. In Twelve Angry Men a group of twelve ordinary citizens are faced with an important choice whose consequence is the fate of a sixteen-year-old boy accused of killing his father. Initially deemed an open-shut-case‚ throughout the play we witness the jurors‚ under the direction of Juror 8‚ slowly break down the evidence and testimony on which they later base their final verdict. Each juror with his unique approach to reasoning raises important arguments‚ suggesting both the innocence and guilt
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compellability. All witnesses who are competent are also compellable1‚ unless one considers the compellability of spouses. Whilst married partners are compellable to testify on behalf of their spouse2‚ no such universal compellability arises for the prosecution. The testimonial privilege was once an undefeatable rule of the common law3 unless it involved violence against the other spouse4. Arguably‚ the institution of marriage5 is no longer worthy of such protection and now represents an unjustified intrusion
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evidence that will be accepted is of reasonable quality and that it will less likely be made up. The burden of proof in criminal cases lies with the prosecution. The standard that guilt must be proven is beyond reasonable doubt. This is so that there is less chance of an innocent person being convicted. The statement‚ "No matter how strong the prosecution ’s evidence may be‚ if the magistrate or the jury has any reasonable doubt that he or she is guilty‚ the accused is entitled to be acquitted"� proves
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The famous Scottsboro case began on March twenty fifth nineteen thirty one on one of the Southern Railroad’s trains that was to travel from Chattanooga to Memphis. On this particular day there was approximately twenty four people “hoboing” or hitching a ride on the top of the train most of whom were young males. Among the twenty four riders there were nine african american teenagers four of whom men were from Chattanooga and were traveling to Memphis to investigate rumors about their being government
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The persecution of John T. Scopes was a very peculiar case‚ but it was also one of the most famous and important cases to ever appear in the Western world. The Scopes trial is often referred to‚ as Mencken says‚ “completely switching the direction the country seemed to obviously be going in at the time” (Mencken’s Trial Account). The Scopes trial is often misperceived in it’s message for the country‚ it is seen as a random trial against a science teacher that eventually led to an argument over evolution
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different from civilian punishments‚ but even worse foreign terrorist will usually rot or be punished to death. Another difference between civilian and military is the way the prosecution and trail is held which in the civilian sector it can be publicly viewed but with military its only open to the witness‚ prosecution‚ defendant and
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federalism. Gideon was accused of felony burglary charges after an eyewitness placed him at the scene of a robbery. Although there was no evidence of him committing the crime‚ police arrested him and charged him with the theft based solely on an eye witness report. The sequences of events that would follow would change the way states were ordered to provide due process and create a fair and balanced trial for all felony trials. Prior to Gideon‚ “the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 6th and14th Amendments
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but‚ the individuals executed for witchcraft seemed to have been mere victims of fear‚ opportunity or malice. Mather’s definition of a fair trial varies greatly from the processes of the modern day justice system. The successful prosecutions were based on theatrical witness testimony rooted in superstitious
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