Circumstantial evidence

Crown Point, Indiana after spending nearly 25 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Pinkins’ exoneration is the first instance of using the TrueAllele DNA interpretation system to prove innocence by reanalyzing mixed DNA evidence. In Pinkins' case, the DNA mixture evidence was found on the victim's clothes and had previously been inconclusive. DNA mixtures have been considerably difficult for the criminal justice system to analyze as technology has not been capable of discerning the…

Are most marriages as easy and happy as they appear to be? The short story, “The Story of an hour,” by Kate Chopin, discusses one of many correct circumstantial answers to the previous question. Through Chopin’s use of diction and syntax, the idea of marriage being constricting is emphasized. When Mrs. Mallard is alone in her room after she finds out that her husband died, she thinks about her future without Mr. Mallard and says, “There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind…

According to the position statement issued by Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2012), detained asylum seekers in Australia would reside in the community that is similar to jail for a prolonged time until the necessary background checks are finalised. Moreover, relevant research theories about harmful impacts of mandatory detention suggests that the persons condition who have existing traumas can be aggravated by detention, because of its negative effects on social…

the possibility of conceiving of marriage as something that was in their hands to make indeed, as in their hands alone.” (Davis 47) Davis, once again, should restrain from drawing conclusions such as these without some sort of concrete firsthand evidence. Davis appears to underestimate the extreme piety of Bertrande after her husband abandoned her. She…

World War. A senior barrister, Sir Wilfrid Robarts, has been approached to represent a man accused of murder. At first, he decides to test the accused man’s defence before taking on the case. During this process, he discovers that the witness’s evidence is too good to be true. When that witness turns on the accused at trial, the barrister’s concerns are exonerated.…

African American. Atticus closes the case by saying “...What did her father do? We don’t know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left…” (Lee, chapter 20). Tom William injured his left arm at work to where he cannot use it, and Mr. Bob Ewell is left handed. One would think that this is evidence that Mr. Ewell abused and raped Mayella Ewell, but they say that Tom William is guilty because he is…

terminology, and/or processes taught within the Criminal Justice online course. As a short overview for the reader, the following list will reference what the paper’s contents shall consist of and what will be analyzed in further detail: direct evidence, real evidence, plea bargains coupled with confessions and parole, the appeals process, the different types of courts, witnesses coupled with the weight of professional testimonies, the different types of prisons,…

What does discovery of witchcraft reveal regarding 16th century witchcraft Analysis of Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of witchcraft. This essay shall analyse Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) in its historical context and explore sixteenth century attitudes towards witchcraft. Due to Scot’s radical disbelief regarding the nonexistence of witches during a period with copious church interference propagating all supernatural claims, one had a unique opportunity to…

that the jury overlooks is that "the state has not produced one iota of medical evidence…that the crime…ever took place" (Lee 231). The jury cannot ignore the fact that the state does not present proper evidence that rightly convicts Tom of committing the crime, especially if they cannot prove that it happened in the first place in the eyes of doctors. The most trustworthy evidence of rape would be recorded evidence of physical proof, and without it, the prosecuting side's argument becomes…

When an insidious wife-killer and wife-beater subsequently commit suicide, Joe “Dart” Dartelli is able to connect the two cases and realize that this was a homicide. In Chain of Evidence, he suspects his mentor, Walter Zeller, to be the murderer. It is up to Dart to prove if Zeller is in fact the killer, as he questions his own view on police and human ethics in an intense story of student versus mentor. While reading this novel, I made connections with Dart, questioned his decisions, and…