discussed to show why the ample of the accused violent nature‚ cannot be adduced as eviden1ce in court. Good character The accused is always unfitted to adduce evidence of his own good character either by calling a witness to testify to it or by testifying to it himself. A witness who testifies to the accussed’s good character may‚ in theory speak only of his reputation‚ but when an accused testifies he cannot give evidence about others say about his reputation; he may only say that his conduct
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The era of the direct witness and of a living memory‚ according to French historian Annette Wieviorka‚ is coming to an end. The possibilities for conducting first-hand interviews with people who lived through the actual event are declining. Studying the Holocaust has challenged all attempts at comprehension and definition‚ causing the renunciation of categorization and rational understanding because there is no absolute judgment of what “actually” happened and the specific statistics of the barbarisms
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TO DROP OR ALTER A CHARGE If the CPS makes the decision to not to charge the perpetrator or decides to drop the charges or maybe alter the initial charges‚ they should inform the victim within one day if they are considered to be an intimidated witness and within five days for all other victims. In sexual offence cases if CPS drops or substantially reduces charges the specialist prosecutor will refer the case to a second specialist rape prosecutor before the final decision is made. If the decision
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standard for admitting scientific evidence? Rule 702 of the Federal Rule of Evidence set a different standard. Under this standard‚ a witness “qualified as an expert testimony on a scientific or technical matter if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data‚ (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods‚ and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliable to the facts of the case. 4. In its decision in Daubert v. Merrell
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of memory‚ as she serves as an expert witness on memory. In Evidence-based justice: Corrupted memory‚ Moheb speaks about Elizabeth Loftus as an expert witness‚ and details factors that effects a person’s memory (Moheb‚ 2013‚ p.268). Loftus states that memory is easily influenced (Moheb‚ 2013‚ p.269). According to Loftus‚ it is more difficult to identify someone who is a different race than the one they are (Moheb‚ 2013‚ p.269). She played as an expert witness in a case where a man was trying to rape
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the modern take on what is a tourist. Adrian Mitchell presents the point of a ignorant tourist‚ and shows their lack of connection to the foreign land through the use of various literacy techniques such as imagery. The poem’s purpose is to let us witness the typical tourists’s shallow mindset‚ lack of respect to the culture and misplacing of priorities. It is written in first person narrative which makes us‚ the readers feel as though it is a personal experience; which to some extent it is. We can
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about memory and how it plays a large role in the identification process. When evidence based on memory becomes something to rely on‚ there are two forms that should be taking into consideration‚ memory and memory testimony. “Memory is what the witness recalls about the event. It is important to recognize that the memory can be influenced by a variety of factors. Whereas‚ memory testimony is the witness’s statement of the what he or she recalls about a prior event. Memory testimony can also be
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only do confessions appeal to a jury‚ but they generally reassure a witness that they made the right decision when identifying a suspect. However‚ confessions aren’t always the most reliable source. False confessions account for around 25% of wrongful incarcerations that were later overturned thanks to DNA evidence proving the confessor’s innocence. A study conducted in 2009 aimed to quantify how suspect’s confessions can sway witness testimonies. The experiment was broken up into Phase 1 and Phase
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Multiple individuals witness a crime or an accident being committed at the same time in front of them and do not take action in hopes that someone else would have taken action. This is an example of the genovese syndrome or the bystander effect because an individual does not help a victim when there are other individual present at the scene. The bystander effect can be seen everywhere‚ whether it is not raising a hand to answer a question to simply not standing for a person who is being victimized
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Validity of Eyewitness Testimony Validity of Eyewitness Testimony In today’s court system one of the strongest pieces of evidence‚ or that most commonly accepted as fact by a jury‚ is eyewitness testimony. When correct‚ eyewitness accounts can aid in the conviction of many guilty people. However when it is incorrect‚ eyewitness testimony can do severe damage. Researchers have found that "more innocent citizens are wrongfully tried and convicted on the basis of eyewitness evidence in Great Britain
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