Development of Skills Within the group‚ a large amount of skills were used. The majority of the group used listening skills‚ closed and open questioning skills. Opportunities were available where Probing and reflecting could have been put to practise. Other members of the group displayed passive aggressive behaviours ‚ dictated‚ used aggressive and bullying body / verbal language and actions. In my opinion the members of the group displaying these undesirable traits were not aware they were doing
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the police. It will detail the time from the process of this report up to the end of his trial. The first step will be the investigation of the reported offence undertaken by a non legally qualified body‚ the Police. The Police will question the witness‚ Mrs Smith for any and details surrounding the attempted murder of Dan’s girlfriend. If Sufficient evidence has been gathered against dan he can then be arrested. However‚ if not the charges may be dropped. Dan will be arrested under Section 24
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Despite a criminal case‚ a private prosecution and an inquest‚ no-one has ever been convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The racially motivated murder of this young black student and the subsequent bungling of the police investigation outraged the public and press alike. The Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for Stephen Lawrence. They even formally accused five men of murder and invited them to sue them if this was wrong. No complaint was ever made. Stephen Lawrence was killed in
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opposed to the investigative process and/or biased against the examining party. The reasons for their opposition might include their lifestyle or they may have a close relationship with the alleged perpetrator and intend to appear in court as a defense witness. Some of these witnesses may simply refuse to cooperate with the police‚ others might provide false information intended to support the alleged perpetrator’s account. Records must be kept of all interactions with hostile witnesses‚ regardless of
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The American judicial system is one of the most fair and unbiased to this day. Innocent until proven guilty is one of our country’s well known statutes. This is because our judicial system is unlike many European countries. Those countries‚ like Italy or the United Kingdom‚ presume that the accused are guilty‚ and give them the task of proving innocence‚ rather than maintaining innocence. This idea of presumed innocence in America began while the structure of American government was being built.
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examination transcripts involving the same witness. One the Friendly Counsel; the other the Cross-Examination: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach.’ After further research since the research proposal (Ferguson‚ 2012)‚ the terminology has been altered. The terminology is now in accordance with An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence (Coulthard and Johnson‚ 2007). Friendly Counsel indicates that the witness being questioned is their witness. Cross-Examination indicates that
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of King John. The king selected the grand jury to be a body of his reign that would accuse no innocent person‚ and would shelter no guilty person. The Fifth Amendment of the United States protects people from self-incrimination by forcing the prosecution to obtain an indictment (complaint) from a grand jury before the case can be presented in trial before a court. Today‚ grand juries are virtually inexistent with the exception of the United States‚ which in some cases‚ still utilizes a grand jury
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reason to try and convince the others. Juror nine was especially convincing when he notes problems with the testimony of a prosecution witness who‚ like himself‚ is elderly. Another example is when the newly confident Juror 2 asks how a 5’6" boy could have made a downward stab wound on a man who stood 6’2". In support of their "not guilty" verdicts‚ the jurors realize that the witness deceived the court by taking off her glasses prior to her court appearance and they surmise that she was most likely not
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land or naval forces‚ or in the Militia‚ when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself‚ nor be deprived of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law….” Double jeopardy is very complex‚ but there are certain principles involved that are clear in violation of ones constitutional right not to be placed in
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another person (Samaha‚ 2011‚ p.22). Burden of proof simply means that the prosecution has the pressure applied to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. According to the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution‚ “no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” This simply means that by law‚ the prosecutor is not allowed to call defendants to the witness stand in criminal trials. Furthermore‚ it bars the prosecutor from statements that
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