Circumstantial evidence

treated. During the court case, scientific figures didn’t want people to realize that upper class could commit the same crimes that the lower and middle classes participated in. They buried this and used false theories to their advantage skewing the evidence by implying an upscale woman was incapable of committing murder mostly because she didn’t have the physical prowess of a man. During the investigation there were multiple errors made by the Police, mainly the time it took to processing this…

the examination of accused persons during the course of the enquiry or trial. Section 364 prescribes the manner in which the examination of an accused person is to be recorded. Confession is not defined in Qanun-e-Shahadat 1984 or even in Indian Evidence Act 1872. In a landmark case Aghnoo Nagesia versus State of Bihar , the honorable judge observed that for a long time, the Courts in India adopted the definition of confession given in Art. 22 of Stephen's…

To understand unlawful arrest an individual must know that a Peace Officer (police officer) that took an oath to swear, to protect and to obey the law can only make an arrest of an individual that has probable cause to believe that he or she has committed a crime. Probable Cause foundation is based off the reasonable belief that a person has committed, is in the process of committing and is about to commit a crime. Peace Officer (police officer) cannot make nor rely upon hunches or profiling to…

result of SES-related differences in their language-learning experiences?” Hoff later explains in the Introduction how there is evidence that supports the hypothesis that different socioeconomic variables, such as maternal speech, can impact language and vocabulary development in children. The author explicitly states this when she says, “A large body of circumstantial evidence supports this mediation hypothesis. Mothers’ talk to children differs as a function of SES (Hoff et al., 2002), and…

This question, posed by Williams (1981), is a battle field for moral judgments in daily life. Circumstantial factors may influence the moral judgement of a situation in several ways, one of which is the mismatch between the intentions behind an action and the consequences of that action. This is the core difference between negligent or reckless behaviors…

The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 20 month-old son of the legendary pilot, is a controversial case that involved all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. The first component of the criminal justice system that was encountered were the police. On the night of March 1, 1932, immediately after being notified of the kidnapping, the police began to conduct interviews with the family and house staff. The police performed an official investigation of the house and the…

always have different opinions on the topic and there never will be a right or wrong opinion. It is all based on your personal beliefs of the topic. There have been many unjust deaths due to The Death Penalty. Hopefully one day there will be enough evidence to decide if it is right or wrong method of punishment for certain…

was an ordinary middle class, suburban mother. All of this changed when she was charged with the murder of her husband. In her book, George talks little of her trial , aside from the fact that she “found out the case was entirely circumstantial: there was no forensic evidence linking [her] to the shooting of [my] husband, no witnesses, and of course no confession”(George, Page 6). She then reminisces of her time being detained at Rappahannock Regional Jail. This, along with several other…

as the ravings of a madman…” (75). As a result of the lack of evidence supporting Justine’s innocence, as well as Victor’s decision to remain silent, Justine is condemned to death. Victor is the only person that has the power to stop Justine’s execution, as he has crucial knowledge that could identify the real killer. Instead, he relies on the lack of evidence to determine Justine’s fate, confident that “… any circumstantial evidence […] brought forward [is not] strong enough to convict her.”…

dead arm“The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by Prejudice to see.” -Bram Fischer EXPLAIN In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee you see the grave problems with judging before you have an understanding a person or a situation. The book illustrates this in the lives of Mrs.Dubose, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Mrs. Dubose is an elderly lady, that Jem one of the main characters in the book doesn’t think too highly of.…