Essays on Testimony

Introduction

The book “Country of My Skull” has been written by Antjie Krog, who strives to include her own as well as other individuals’ stories about the creation, development, and conclusion of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The truth and reconciliation commission was in charge of uncovering past wrongdoings in Africa and was established to bring the perpetrators and criminals to justice. The books have been the center of much debate as the author has not followed any clearly defined chronological order but rather, the fragments of the testimonies of survivors, victims, and criminals have been included. History, personal ...

Social Justice issues:

The Verdict captures the growth of Frank Galvin, a character who goes from being a keen law graduate to a chronic alcoholic after being framed by his firm’s senior partner for jury trampling, when Frank tried to expose the corrupt practices his firm employed. Post this incident, Frank loses interest in his career. He defines a person who has given up on his life. The defining moment in Frank’s life occurs when he takes up a case of medical negligence in which, a woman developed complications during child-birth and was rendered permanently vegetative due to lack of ...

Public Announcement to the Press

A police officer should ensure that a press announcement is concise and as short as possible. Specifically, the police officer should communicate effectively in varying intensities. They should use accurate vocabulary, and the communication should be focused on particulars to avoid unnecessary embarrassments. Furthermore, an officer should be careful in their choice of words to avoid creating ambiguity. In most instances, ambiguous words send the wrong message to the media, and may result in misinformation of the public. Schmalleger (2012) suggests that a police officer’s facial expression should be consistent with the verbal message. The press quickly picks ...

Bloodstain analysis has been studied since the late 1800’s. The study of bloodstain can help in identifying if a crime was committed or if it was an accidental misfortune. A person who analyzes blood splatter patterns should be trained and educated in how this process works. If the specialist who examines bloodstain is not trained properly then outcome of the theory could be false or misconstrued. A person who is legally certified to analyze blood stain patterns must possess “characteristics of stain pattern, proper identification and examination of blood pattern, precise documentation of blood pattern and stains” . One ...

John Locke in his work “An essay concerning human understanding”, among other things, argues that knowledge can and is acquired via sense perception. Vehemently rejecting the notion of subjective idealism that no independent reality is possible outside of human mind, this English philosopher attempts to prove that material objects do exist, even when we are not interacting with them, and that we can obtain information about them using our sense organs. Actually, he claims that while knowledge about ourselves we form by intuition, concepts of various abstract matters we gain by logical reasoning, “Knowledge of other finite beings is ...

Introduction

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered between 10:15 p.m. and 10:35 p.m. on Sunday June 12, 1994 in the front of Nicole Brown Simpson’s Brentwood condominium located in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson committed these murders. The witness testimony and the evidence at the crime scene of the murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman clearly indicate that O.J. Simpson committed the crimes. However, the incompetence of the Los Angeles Police Department during the investigation of the murders allowed the defense to create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors so that a non-guilty verdict ...

One should never commit perjury when testifying. Perjury is knowingly telling a lie when one is under oath about something that is important to the case. If a PLEO commits perjury when testifying, the officer may lose his or her job, he or she may face imprisonment or a fine, the defendant may be acquitted, and it reflects negatively on the professionalism and integrity of law enforcement. When being called to the stand, never walk in front of the judge’s bench, between the attorney’s tables and the judge; called “the well” (p.464)

This area is considered off-limits and could be construed as disrespectful (p. 464)

One should not look at ...

- Palmer, Anna. (2009) .”I’m not a “math’s-person”!’ reconstituting mathematical subjectivities in aesthetic teaching practices. Gender and Education.21 (4):387-404

#The author of the paper is a faculty member at the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. The author had credibility by virtue of her chair and position at the department, is a qualified teacher –educator and researcher. #$The purpose of the study was to understand the rationale behind the maths –anxieties. #The study was conducted to find out the loopholes in the traditional method of math education that creates anxiety and fear towards math #The ...

Dr. Bruce Frumkin presents a comprehensive overview of the strengths and weaknesses of intellectual assessment tools and offers a practical guide for forensic clinicians and attorneys faced with criminal cases involving mental retardation claims. Such a defense has implications for rulings regarding competency to stand trial and the extent to which a defendant can be found criminally responsible for an offense.

For starters, it is important to understand the meaning of “intelligence” and the way many assessment tools, such as IQ tests (i.e., WAIS-III, WIAS-III, MMPI-2, etc.) or adaptive behavior testing, can impact the findings of a clinician. Frumkin explores the definition of ...

As a way of promoting ethics among law enforcement agencies, there have been calls for body cameras to be fitted in the uniforms worn by law enforcement authorities especially the police. Body cameras are small pager cameras that are clipped on the uniform of the officer or worn as a headset (Williams, 2004). These body cameras record both video and audio of the law enforcement officer’s interaction with members of the public. The calls for the fitting of body cameras on all law enforcement officers has been prompted by increased incidences of police violence and brutality. For instance, ...

President Bill Clinton carries the dubious distinction of being one among the three presidents of the United States who have faced impeachment proceedings. Bill Clinton, the forty second president of the United States assumed office in 1992 for his first term and was subsequently re-elected in 1996. Before vying for the presidency in 1992, President Clinton had served as a governor of the state of Arkansas in 1978 when aged thirty two; he was the youngest governor in the United States. This background information is particularly important as it was some of the ‘crimes’ that he allegedly committed while governor ...

In the article “Thanks for memories” permanence of memory is not only questioned but also demonstrated through ingenious experiments that memory changes due to intervening external factors. There is a strong belief among common people that eye-witness reports are accurate and the narration by them is precise account of events that they have seen. Elizabeth Loftus is the pioneering psychologist who has demonstrated that human memory is not static, but a changing cognitive phenomenon having application in many fields, especially eyewitness testimony.

The research article is an attempt to illustrate that the questions people ask to a person can alter his or ...

ISLAMIC RELIGION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES

Overview of Islamic Religion

The religion of Islam is a monotheistic religion articulated by the Holy Book namely, Quran. The word Islam is an Arabic word that means peace, disambiguation, etc. The religion is based on the word of God, Allah. It is based on the teachings of Allah and the normative of a Sunnah by Muhammad, he is considered as the last prophet of God. The people who are adhered to the religion of Islam are known as Muslims. Islam is an Abrahamic religion. The religion laid its roots in among Arabs. The Kaaba is considered to be the ...

President William Jefferson Bill Clinton appeared before the Senate on the 7th January 1999 to face an impeachment trial upon charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was the second president of the United States to face such impeachment charges. The trial began in the Senate presided over by the Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The trial started with the swearing in by the Chief Justice and the reading of the charges against President Clinton before the 100 senators. The opposing sides went and deliberated on who would present their evidence and considered the question as to whether to ...

The Office of the Independent Council (OIC) was tasked with the responsibility of producing substantial and credible evidence that would be used by the prosecution and Congress to impeach the president. From the beginning, the case against the president was weak. However, when it was revealed that Monica Lewinsky was interfering with witnesses and that she was prepared to give false witness under oath, the case gained some weight. The major arguments made by the persecution include the following. There was evidence that Clinton had spoken to Lewinsky about being subpoenaed to give evidence in the Jones case. Furthermore, a ‘ ...

Introduction

Miscarriage of justice is defined as the wrongful convictions of people due to the control of the police department and the prosecution during the investigation or pre trial when the individual could be proven innocent. This kind of injustice has been experienced throughout the world a good example is Australia in cases such as the Andrew mallard conviction, Lindy chamberlain Creighton conviction in 1982, Farah Jama conviction in 2008 and Terry Irving conviction in 1993. There are many factors that contribute to wrongful convictions in areas such as Australia. These factors are false confessions, eyewitness identification and testimony, tunnel vision, ...

Lamson v. Crater Lake Motors 216 Or.App. 355, 173 P.3d 1242 (2007)

Summary. A car dealer’s a sales manager disapproved of the tactics used by a third-party firm in conducting sales promotion for the company. The company terminated him when he refused to cooperate. He sued for wrongful discharge, but the Oregon SC ruled against him.

Personal and Legal Analysis. Despite allegations of deceptive trade practices, the Court found for the employer because it did not compel the employee to commit any unlawful activity.

Answers to End-of-Case Questions. (1) Lamson could sue for wrongful discharge on the grounds of whistle-blowing. The person involved in the illegal practice knows more about it than ...

David Suzuki, the popular host of The Nature of Things uses the gracious, informative, informative and entertaining style that we have come to associate with him in his essay “The Right Stuff”. David begins his essay with a quotation from another famous publication: Is There Life after High School? that states that impressions formed in high school are more indelible and vivid that those formed at other times in life. Suzuki places emphasis on the high school education’s importance and then embarks on a preparing the readers of his essay for his proposal that is related to making high ...

Question 1

The strike at the Lawrence textile which occurred in 1912 involved immigrant employees in Lawrence. The strike occurred after the mill owners threatened to cut wages of its workers after a reduction of working hours which shortened the work. Therefore, I think Volse is the account of the1912 Lawrence Strike that I find most credible and compelling. This is so because account gives detailed information on the 1912 Lawrence strike by explaining all the participants of the strike, including the owner of the mill. This account gives full information about the cause of the strike, what happened during and after ...

An act of terrorism which takes place within the boundaries of a country by its own citizens against fellow citizens may be defined as domestic terrorism. On the other hand, international terrorism constitutes those acts of terrorism carried out by people who are not natives of the victim country. Therefore, it can be suggested that those terrorist activities which are strategized within a country is labeled as domestic, whereas, foreign intervention in directing terrorist activities is categorized as international terrorism.

The Oklahoma City bombings of 1995 were the largest organized domestic terrorism activity within the United States. Within 90 minutes of ...

The rule against hearsay provides that a statement made out of court may not be admitted into evidence in order to prove the validity of the assertion made. The Federal Rules of Evidence provide the definition, limitations, and exceptions to the rule against hearsay in Article VIII, rules 801-807.

As concerns the first scenario, Quincy’s physician is on the witness stand and is asked by Edward’s attorney whether or not Quincy told him that he fell because he lost his equilibrium as a result of dizziness. This is not hearsay for a number of reasons. Firstly, under rule 801(d) ...

According to Rule 801 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Hearsay is a statement that is either: (1) the declarant does not make while testifying at the current trial or hearing; and (2) a party offers in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted in the statement. Essentially, hearsay testimony is 2nd hand knowledge that if presented in court would violate a parties sixth amendment right to confront a witness against him. Allowing hearsay testimony would provide a backdoor for admitting evidence that could not be appropriately challenged by the opposing side.

In the first fact pattern, Quincy’s physician is testifying ...

Eyewitness has gain support and emphasis in the corridors of justice today. However, it is not wise to rely entirely on their testimonies because at times misidentification is common. Lots of research has been done on this topic which is so controversial based on how reliable human memory is, factors influencing eyewitness at that time of event and possible factors that can distort the eyewitness perspectives.

One factor that has proven to be influencing eyewitness is the task of identifying faces. Difficulties arise from encoding of faces. Some faces are identical and it will be difficult for a person to ...

The term de minimis is an abbreviated form of a Latin term “de minimis non curat lex” which loosely states that the law does not care for small things. It refers to the legal doctrine where a court adjudicating over a matter refuses to be drawn into trivial matters or to consider petty matters. This common law concept was expressed in the English decision of the “Reward” in the year 1818 and also restated by Justice Robert Seigmann of the Illinois Appeal Court in the case of People v Durham.In a law suit coming for adjudication, the court applies this doctrine ...

CITE: USA Today, Oct. 2, 2013, page 34.

FACTS: Katherine Jackson, mother to Michael Jackson brought a suit on negligence against AEG Live LLC. AEG Live LLC was a concert promotion company that produced Jackson’s comeback concerts. Katherine argued that AEG Live LLC acted negligently in hiring the physician responsible for administering the medication that killed Michael. Conrad Murray, the physician, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011 for administering a propofol overdose that lead to the death of the singer.

In their negligence claim, the family sought to show that AEG Live LLC was responsible for hiring the ...

Section A - Asking the Right Questions (1 Thessalonians 5)

In Thessalonian, five verse eight, the bible talks of wearing the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet of the hope for salvation. It is telling as to be prepared like a soldier. A soldier in battle is always armed and ready for the enemy to attack, he does not lay his weapons aside. As Christians, we should also be ready for the coming of the Lord, for like a thief or an enemy. He may come at any time. The bible says we should fast and pray and be like the five wise girls so that when the bridegroom cometh ...

Different types of evidence, their importance and how an investigator would collect them

Evidently, there exist different types of evidences that should be collected by crime scene investigators across different crime scenes. Speaking of evidence, this connotes to either testimonials from witnesses or victims as well as physical evidence.

- Hair

Human hair occurs as one of the most crucial evidences that should be collected for use as evidence across different crime scenes. This type of evidence is noteworthy because it offers a viable platform that can disclose the possible identity of the person who committed a given crime (Klamberg, 2013). On a similar note, a comparison of human hair sampled derived from a crime scene can be carried ...

There are many types of privileges that exist and it is probable that many have been asserted that don’t exist. The privileges arise out of both the Common Law and Statutory Law governing federal and state courts. The constitution is the source of only one privilege, the privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. The theory behind evidentiary privilege is that certain relationship are sacred and should not be interfered with by the Law Lawrence N. Gray, esq. discusses many of the evidentiary privileges (2012). Amongst them are attorney-client, spousal, physician-patient, clergy-penitent, psychologist-patient, social worker-client, rape crisis ...

Criminal Law

1.) The general characteristics that a credible witness should possess is that such individual should be believable and competent to testify based on his or her personal knowledge of events or information that occurred (Brinker, 1995, p. 874). Credibility is the quality in a witness which renders his or her evidence worthy to believe. Thus, in order for a witness to be qualified as credible such individual should be honest, trustworthy and entitled to be believed. The oath or affidavit of such person is considered as reliable because of his or her good reputation for veracity. In addition, such individual should be ...

The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program provides for the training and regulation of armed pilots. Legislation exists to support this program, in 2004 Congress considered, but did not vote on additional legislative efforts like the Cockpit Technical Corrections and Improvements Act, other legislation is pending Congressional action.

The United States Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) maintains a section for Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDOs). It starts with a description of what a FFDO is, how they work with the Federal Air Marshal Service and the history of when the legislation creating the creation of the FFDOs was signed ...

Question: Because I want out find out what bariatric surgery entails, its implications and its safety when used to alleviate obesity

Significance: In order to help my reader understand the concept of obesity and the use of bariatric surgery as one of the options available for treating obesity. American College of Surgeons Testimony Statement of the American College of Surgeons to the Medicare Coverage Advisory (2004, November 4). Retrieved April, 12, 2013 from http://www.facs.org/ahp/testimony/bariatric.html

The article explores the use of bariatric surgery as one of the intervention and treatment modes of obesity. Bariatric surgery is actually one of ...

Forensic evidence and testing relates to the analysis of evidence obtained from the crime scene through a vastly technical or scientific process (Buckles, 2007). Such as so, it requires a highly trained or skilled person to do the analysis; such persons for evidentiary purposes are referred to as expert witnesses. Expert witnesses are very critical in the criminal justice as without their expertise a lot of crimes would remain unresolved (Saferstein, 2011). However, due to the technical nature of the evidence, it is difficult to ascertain the authenticity and admissibility of such evidence.

Accordingly, there are basic standards set to guide the ...

Islam is one of the three major Abrahamic religions that are popular in the world today. Practitioners of Islam are called Muslims, and they follow a holy text known as the Qu'ran. The religion is monotheistic and shares roots with Christianity and Judaism; although the Middle East is traditionally thought of as the seat of Islam in the world, there are large populations of practitioners in nearly every corner of the world. China, for instance, has a very large Muslim population, as does the United States, Indonesia, and various other locations around the globe. According to recent statistics, Islam is ...

Article three of the United States constitution establishes the Judiciary arm of government. The judiciary structure of the United States in unique as it consists of two cardinal courts systems, which are different yet complementary. These include the state court system and the federal court system. The two systems are responsible for the determination of different cases and are entirely independent of each other. State trial courts vary in each state. However, there are two main sets of trial courts found in most states. These include limited jurisdiction trial courts that are concerned with family, probate and traffic cases, ...

- Court deciding the case: United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit

- Parties: Plaintiff; Dustin Hoffman Defendants: 1st Defendant Capital Cities, 2nd Defendant-Appellant L.A Magazine Inc

- Procedural history/ Case nature: In the year 1997, a complaint was filed by Hoffman in the district court against Capital cities/ABC inc. the parent company of L.A magazine. ABC inc. took the case to federal court, and Hoffman included L.A Magazine (LAM) as a defendant. The district court bench trial found in favor of Hoffman on all of his claims and against L.A Magazine rejecting L.A Magazine argument that, its actions ...

Abstract

The investigation teams, police, judges and courts rely strongly on the forensic medical evidence and use the evidence to build up their efforts. The prime aim is to punish the guilty while avoid connecting the innocent. Interpretation of forensic medical evidence and their role have significantly expanded through the justice system. Steve Wright was found guilty of killing five prostitutes and faces life in jail for the murders. The Ipswich Prostitute Murders made headlines not only in Britain but also caught the attention of Inernatiosnl media. The essay looks at how forensic science and the evidence collected helped to ...

Twenty-six year old Josh Higgins, an out of work reporter was found murdered in his mother’s house in New Jersey at 6 p.m. Sunday, 21st May, 2011. The coroner’s report proved that Josh was drunk and probably passed out when his throat was slit with a kitchen knife. Although initial suspects included Josh’s step father, his mother, a few of his subjects during his years working in crime and several others, three months of investigation led the police to Josh’s current girlfriend Amanda Seyenne, a 23 year old Asian-American medical student who, now accused, faces trial for manslaughter. ...

The Hollywood ten was a set of ten individuals who were pointed the finger at of being communist during the epoch of McCarthy Joseph. The House Un-American Activities Committee was undertaking investigations on various individuals on suspicions of spreading communism ideologies. A good number of people recorded statements but the ten screenwriters refused to cooperate on this issue and they were sentenced to jail for a period of twelve months for condescension of the Congress1. Besides, they were also banned from running any activities in the film industry in Hollywood. However, the ban was done away with in the mid 1960s. ...

The book In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton gives an insight overview of the events that transpired on July 29, 1945 when a heavy cruiser Indianapolis was sank by a submarine I-58 killing over 900 sailors. The American ship had just delivered the weapons that were to be used to bomb Hiroshima but as it was sailing back across the Pacific Ocean, Japanese submarines intervened and bombed the ship. The book gives a painful ordeal of what the sailors went through before the rescuing team arrived at the scene to save the few remaining survivors. The book majorly focuses on the ...

In a legal environment where attorneys formulated a “twinkie defense” to explain hyperglycemic homicide, it is no surprise that battered woman syndrome is a popular legal defense strategy. Domestic violence is a serious societal problem, which is often hidden behind closed doors. (Gillespie 4). When a woman murders her husband because he has been tormenting and abusing her physically and psychologically, defense attorneys often use the “battered woman defense,” which is a legal approach that focuses on emphasizing the woman as a victim who was only guilty of self defense (Wimberly). The condition can be used to help the court better understand the motives and experiences ...

Body Cameras and Police Policies

Abstract In the United States, significant attention has been placed on law enforcement use of body cameras. Police body cameras are small devices that are attached to the officer’s uniform or worn as a head piece that record police interaction with the public. Both supporters and opponents of the use of these cameras have cited several reasons for their stance and the issue remains controversial. This paper takes a deep look at this issue with particular focus on the importance and the role of police body worn cameras. Some of the major aspects that will be explored in the ...

Franklin.D.Roosevelt- Four Freedoms 1941. Franklin.D.Roosevelt in his four freedom speech in 1941 was about the US national defense and the allies’ support and also focused on a broader outlook on democracy. He fervently believed that military power, dictatorship and social revolution were the main dangers to democracy and individual freedom. He urges the citizens to support the American ideals of democracy and support all the countries that are fighting tyrannical rule. He urged the American citizens that sacrifices were in order to maintain the American way of life and told them to place the cause for democracy before their ...

A1. A negative perception of Thomas Randall and his friends may have shaped Helen Brook’s perceptual lens. She lives downstairs from the defendant and they continually bother her with her parties; she says they “tend to be noisy and keep late hours”. The day of the incident, they were having one of these parties and she alleges the ceiling was shaking, not allowing her to rest. All of this may lower her credibility, as her perception is obviously not objective. She might have resentment from past disputes, as well as differing with her neighbors about how to ...

The use of a bible when a witness is sworn in to provide testimony at trial is not necessary. According to the website of My Jewish Learning, lawyers across the country aver that a Bible or any other holy book for that matter is no longer necessary. What is important is that the witness adheres to the order of the court that he or she is to give the testimony that bears the truth, and that he cannot provide fraudulent information while he is a witness of the court. What is essential in this case is that the witness is aware of the ...

Introduction

Quality care is one of the most important aspects in the healthcare industry. The United States government has its most important responsibility to care for the veterans of the nation including their families. During the inaugural speech of Abraham Lincoln, the former President of the United States, he commemorated that the obligation of the nation is to care for the veterans especially those who sacrificed their lives, bereaved families, and children. However, the world of the veterans in terms of their benefits and healthcare is intense and complicated. Currently, there are trends and changes in the processing system regarding ...

An Analysis of the Formulation of California Senate Bill 4

Chapter III: Methodology Overview The purpose of this research has been to focus on the decision making and agenda setting policy concerning the regulation of hydraulic fracturing to drill for petroleum products when California Senate Bill (SB) 4 was passed. Hydraulic fracturing has been used for many years in California, but this is the first time a bill has been passed to regulate the activity. The bill was passed in the assembly first and then moved to the senate where it was passed in the form of SB 4. The factors and actors that worked together to ...

Abstract

There exist numerous defenses to criminal charges. The defenses are usually used by the persons facing particular charges in a bit to negate the requisites of a crime, especially the aspect of intent. In criminal cases the general rule is that crimes are offences that are usually committed against the government. Every person is usually presumed innocent until the contrary is proved. As such, the burden of proof lies on the government to prove that a crime was committed and that the accused person committed the alleged crime. The prosecution side, which represents the government in a criminal trial, must convince the judge ...

Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Argued March 30, 1993

Decided June 28, 1993 Parents of two little children filled a complaint stating that medicine, produced by Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and taken by children’s mother during the pregnancy caused children’s serious birth defects. During the trial, both sides had expert witnesses. The expert witnesses of Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented statistical data, scientific articles and analysis of the medicine that proved that it does not influence woman’s pregnancy at all. On the other hand, expert witnesses of the Dauberts provided the court with “reanalyzed” data, results of experiments on ...

Business and Organizational Security Management

Business and Organizational Security Management

Any business and organizational security manager can attest and confirm; contracts are an extensive part of protective services. Services being provided by contract firms are increasingly diversifying into areas like scheduling and training, risk assessment, attendance, and time, the use of contracts will continue to regulate the provision of protective services. Contracts refer to agreements between two or more parties with regards to performance of a particular act and legally binding or enforceable. For these agreements to result to a contract, they must not be an invitation to negotiate or mere offers. Contracts are legally binding ...

Profiling is described as the recording and analysis of a person’s psychological and behavioral characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabalities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying a particular subgroup of people (Merriam Webster Online). People can be profile based on their age, culture, disability, gender, occupation and race, among others. When applied in criminal justice, it is the process of infering the characteristics of a criminal based on his or her behavior during the crime. Law enforcers and psychologists work toward developing a criminal’s profile by carefully studying the evidence collected. Profiling plays an important role ...

In this presentation, I will be making a presentation to the court seeking an arrest warrant against one Damien Jones following the murder of Paul “Shorty” Alcorn. I have sufficient evidence to enable me to present a prima facie case against the said accused person. That evidence ranges from police reports regarding the homicide, police reports regarding the robbery with violence; we have forensic reports and also the analysis of the forensic reports. In the analysis of the forensic reports, we will be looking at the various pieces of evidence including documentary evidence. We also have the various property records of ...

When it comes to adolescents making decisions for their own life, typically it depends on what the subject material is. By the time an individual reaches adolescence, they are picking what they want to wear, what they want to eat, and many of the movies they watch in their spare time. Parents begin to relinquish some of the rules they held over the individuals as children in order to let them grow, become independent, and learn lessons on their own. However, many ask where to draw the line. Adolescents are capable of making many decisions for themselves concerning small ...

The recent events in the state of Florida with respect to the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is worrying and shocking. Many people have lost their lives as a result of this law, and still there are no indications that this law would be amended soon. The killing of a black teenage boy called Jordan coming right after the Zimmerman trial is testimony that the law is nothing but punitive. Many black people in Jacksonville continue to live in fear as the individuals continue to take advantage of the law to satisfy their egos. People have been left off the hook because ...

American Past

Bridget Bishop was the first woman to be hanged during the well-known Salem due to accusations that she practiced witchcraft. The case against Bridget Bishop includes deposition taken mainly from lay people who came forward to accuse the Bishop Bridget of witchcraft. She had some of classic attributes that made her New England neighbors to incline being associated with the witch. She was alienated from the religious faith of the community because she never attended worship services. Moreover, she ran a tavern where excessive drinking and game playing were common. She was seen as embodying relaxed sexual traits because deponents ...

Missouri vs. Seibert

The petitioner was a woman named Seibert. She was charged and convicted of second-degree murder for her alleged involvement in the death of a 17-year-old handicapped boy. Seibert son who had died earlier and to conceal evidence of parental negligence, she colluded with her other son to set her house of fire. She realized that if only her son’s body was found in the charred house, this would also suggest neglectful parenting and so, a decision was made to leave the 17 years old boy in the house too. The police became suspicious of her involvement and picked her up to ...

Part A:

John Proctor was one of the most complex characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. He has both positive and negative qualities to his personality. Primarily, Proctor is honest, dependable, and a man of solid moral. However, he is not always the pillar of morality. Perhaps most noticeably is the negative propensity he has for cheating on his wife. He is lustful after one of the young girls in the village: Abigail Williams. Eventually the two begin an affair. The affair ends before the play begins, igniting Abigail’s intense jealousy toward Proctor’s wife. It also ignites the audience’ ...

- According to Nhfamilylawblog.com (2014), New Hampshire currently allows both fault- and no-fault divorces. At the present time, only about 1% of divorces are filed as fault-based, with adultery begin the most common reason. The issue of her infidelity is applicable due to the marriage being married in a fault-based only jurisdiction. Unless she can contest the accusation of adultery, defined by the state as engaging in coital sex acts outside the marriage, it is not likely she will be successful. - a. Wilma can hope for equitable distribution in the proven value of the license, and may

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Introduction

During a legal trial several evidences are presented to the jury in order to prove a case. One of the types of presenting evidences involves witnesses recalling from their memory of the event under trial. In legal terms, this is called eyewitness testimony.

Eyewitness Testimony as Evidence

Eyewitness testimony is a legal account given by witnesses of an event (McLeod, 2009).For example, a witness (or group of witnesses) may present the series of events in a crime based on what they have seen and heard. Details regarding the crime like the identification of perpetrators, the dialogue they heard, and setting of the crime are important facts retold ...

COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY: HOW DO JURORS MAKE DECISIONS?

Joel Cooper, Elizabeth A. Bennett & Holley L. Sukel The article posed the question as to whether “regular” citizens sitting on juries are capable of understanding complex scientific data and how such complex data is processed and whether it is translated into a sound and rational verdict. 2) The methodology used Of the fifty-four paid participants, forty participants, seventy-four (75%) percent, were selected from a local community college in the Princeton, New Jersey area while fourteen (14) participants, twenty-five (25%) percent, were from a local retirement community. Interestingly, one-hundred (100%) percent of the participants considered themselves upper-middle-lower middle class which ...

Psychology

Youngstrom and Busch (2000) examine the ramifications of the Supreme Court decision in Kumho Tire Co. Ltd v. Carmichael on expert testimonies in court and then analyze the implications on psychologists deposing as experts. The authors note the recent Supreme Court decision that current legal standards for admission of scientific evidence also apply to other expert testimony based on ‘training, experience and other sources of expertise besides empirical support ‘ (Youngstrom & Busch, 2000). The authors trace the evolution of acceptance of expert opinion in court. Earlier, techniques generally accepted in the scientific community were acceptable. In Carmichael’s case, the ...