Although‚ eye witness testimonies construct a fundamental basis in criminal or civil investigations they are falsifiable and therefore shouldn’t exclusively determine a verdict. When used as sole evidence‚ if the testimony is remotely questionable or a key word such as “resembled” is used‚ more evidence is needed to solidify the situation. In the case Scott Fraser speaks of‚ only eye witness testimonies were being used to convict the suspect. There was no DNA evidence‚ no murder weapon‚ and a description
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racial appearances but because of their religion. Sometimes religion can be more important than your own life. The Jehovah’s Witnesses were targeted because of their refusal to swear loyalty to the Nazi’s or to serve in their armed forces. (Jehovah’s Witness: Article) Before the Holocaust started‚ the Jehovah’s Witnesses were actually targets of other groups “Mainstream Lutheran and Catholic churches deemed them heretics. Moreover‚ citizens often found the
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an effective strategy because it begins with open-ended questions and only introduces follow up questions when retrieval has been depleted (Carol‚ 2016). Rapport building leads to free discussion and develops a sense of harmony and trust between witness and interviewer. It focuses on attention‚ positivity‚ and coordination. Interviewing techniques are significant in eyewitness memory extraction so careful measures should be taken conducting
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-Mediation 7 HEARSAY GENERAL RULE -What is Hearsay? 7 -Non-Hearsay Purposes 8 BURDEN OF PROOF -Sufficiency Test 9 -Preponderance Standard 9 6th AMENDMENT ISSUES -Unavailable Witness 9 -Confrontation Clause 9 EXCLUSIONS & EXCEPTIONS -Admissions 10 -Prior Witness Statements 12 -Declaration Against Interest 13 -Dying Declarations 14 -Excited Utterances 14 -Contemporaneous Statement 14 -State of Mind Declarations 15 -Statements by Crime Victims 15 -Persons
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Table is the Witness box and the defendant sits directly at the back of Bar Table. A police officer is placed on the left side of the defendant to guard the public and those present in the court. There is a divider between where the public sits with those involved with the legal proceedings. Everyone entering the courtroom will have to bow the judge as a sign of respect to the judge before they proceed to their respective seats. The role of the interpreter is to make sure the witness reads the oath
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JIM GROOM NOTES Sources of human information The truth finding mission- most false convictions are made because of false witness statements Facial Identification Hard to describe a person’s features in words‚ but it is very easy to identify someone. Misattribution- you think someone assaults you‚ but it is actually a guy who lives in your apartment building and did not do it. You just miss inform yourself of what actually went down Change Blindness- cognitive attention and instinctive
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set of beliefs and traditions‚ that it should be considered a religion. Sometimes the beliefs that Witnesses hold dear to them puts them at odds with mainstream society. While millions around the world practice the religion of being a Jehovah ’s Witness‚ is this a true religion or a cult. I believe a religion is a set of stories‚ symbols‚ beliefs and practices‚ often with a supernatural quality. In a sense‚ Jehovah ’s Witnesses are indeed a part of a particular religion‚ and from an objective
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Mistaken Identity Issues and Reform In today’s world‚ mistaken identity is a serious set back for the criminal justice system. Mistaken identity can be caused from many different reasons. Some of those reasons include: the person’s stress‚ memory‚ and suggestions. If a person is put in a situation where there is high stress‚ it may be difficult for them to accurately recall what happened or whom they saw. For instance‚ if a person were to be in a convenience store when it’s being robbed‚ their
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and tie entered into the courtroom and took a seat right behind me. The prosecutor then proceeded to sit down next to the man. Although I couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying‚ I assumed that the prosecutor was going over the case with the witness. People began coming in and the courtroom was starting to get crowded. I happened to notice a man that entered the courtroom who was wearing a hat‚ and I looked over at the Bailiff to see if he was going to say anything to this man. About a minute
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conviction of those accused of crimes‚ however multiple factors can manipulate the recall of events witnessed and as such mistakes frequently occur. The techniques for gathering witness evidence have historically lacked a consistent procedural standard (Fisher‚ 1995)‚ with huge variation in line-up procedure and witness interview techniques. Cognitive psychologists have influenced several avenues of gathering eyewitness evidence. Two will be discussed in this paper‚ the first is the work of Wells
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