Intro about the story The Case for the Defence is a well-written thriller by Graham Greene‚ a famous English novelist‚ which deals with a strange murder trial. The defendant‚ guilty of murder of a woman and having four eye-witnesses to testify against him is thought of standing no chance of acquittal. Yet‚ a twist in the story renders the jurymen helpless and they have to acquit him for lack of evidence. In the end‚ he or his twin brother meets with a horrible death‚ having been crushed under a
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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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Mock Trail Reflection By Paris Huang 5-30-2013 In our Civil case‚ I am Jean Welby‚ who is paul welby’s mother and also the witness of the case. I am 46years old‚a stay home mum‚living in 1703.w.sesame street. If I need to rate myself for the effort I put into my role‚ I think I will rate for 4 because everyday‚ I actively participated in our group discussion and I had read my deposition and the whole story for a a lot of times ‚highlighted plenty of important sentences/imformation which could
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On April 24‚ 2013‚ for many‚ it was their last day alive. On this day‚ the eight story Rana Plaza came collapsing down in Dhaka‚ Bangladesh with more than 1100 people announced dead. Mark Kelley goes to Bangladesh to track down workers who are still forced to make garments for Canada in dangerous conditions to make consumers think about the clothes they buy. The documentary‚ Made in Bangladesh‚ is about the tragic event made by CBC News hosted by Mark Kelley. The purpose of watching this documentary
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The opening scene of the play is a court. There is a judge facing the audience. Mary Maloney is in the defendants seat ‚ looking very calm. Prosecutor: The defendant‚ Mary Maloney‚ is accused of murdering her husband‚ Patrick Maloney. Although she is currently pregnant‚ I urged your honour not to sympathise with her‚ as evidence shows that she is a cold-blooded killer. Mary Maloney pretends to cry upon hearing that. Defending Lawyer: Objection! No one is guilty until proven so in front of the
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Bharti Mandal clearly admitted in the trial court that she had been coached. The honourable judge justifies this coaching‚ explaining in the judgment that there is nothing wrong in tutoring witnesses who are from a lower class and uneducated. I disagree with this fundamentally‚ their social standing and perceived intelligence according to the judge is not what makes them credible witnesses or not. Why was the case directed against Talwars while the evidence pointed elsewhere? Chief among these facts
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Hostile witnesses These are people believed to have witnessed an offence‚ part of an offence or events closely connected with it‚ but who are 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
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Mohd. Khan 10/22/12 PY-101 Can You Trust an Eyewitness? Eyewitnesses are people who are present and observe the crime or event taking place. Before the discovery of DNA and forensic testing‚ most of the accusations in court were made by the eyewitnesses. But even now-a-days‚ the statement of an eyewitness is taken into first consideration when there is no forensic evidence available; it makes the case a lot harder to convict the criminal as eyewitnesses cannot be trusted in most occasions
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Unit 7 Branched Scenario You are assigned to a tactical team and have five years on the department. The team is following a target‚ Mr. Lincoln who is a well known narcotics and stolen weapons dealer. The tactical team is trying to get Mr. Lincoln in a hand-to-hand transaction‚ which will solidify and close their case. The team has over 90% of their investigation complete‚ and the hand-to-hand transaction would solidify his involvement. You love your new team duties‚ but you are tired of just
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Photo Spread Analysis David M. Grable CCJS 234 – Criminal Procedure and Evidence April 26‚ 2015 To: Judge J. Doe From: David M. Grable Date: April 26‚ 2015 Subject: Photo Spread Analysis A photo spread would be presented to both the victim‚ Vicky‚ and the witness‚ William since their recollection of the assailant is similar. The photo spread should be presented to Vicky first because she was unable to view the assailant’s entire face and was taken by surprise by the incident. Her recollection
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