Expert system

Stella Nickell used Cyanide to kill her victims. Sue Snow collapsed in her bathroom of her home in the Seattle, Washington, suburb of Auburn. Paramedics found her unconscious and gasping for breath. They had thought it was drug overdose, but she was not a known user, and had taken only a couple of Extra - Strength Excedrin. Strength Excedrin is a safe medication. But…

There are many problems that are associated with expert testimony focused around testimony invading the province of the jury, it being too adversarial and not impartial, taking too much of a courts time, introducing irrelevant information, and it is often founded on an insufficient scientific base. Smith (1989) cited eight potential problems with expert testimony. One problem is that the scientific base for the testimony is inadequate and can lead to unreliable information and potentially…

Test Plan Test plans were taken out on both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the application. The study plans were categorized into following parts. 1. System Instructions. In this plan, we explained the features of the First Aid App and the service it offers to the users. We collected user comments as we presented our ideas in a detailed walk through, highlighting all the application’s features. 2. Demonstration. A video demonstration was given to users explaining how to use the…

The standards that are used by courts to determine who is qualified to be an expert witness are first and foremost familiarity and competency in the subject matter. The witness must possess education and knowledge of the subject, as well as practical experience and training in the subject. While there is no absolute law as to the extent of the amount of knowledge and experience is needed to qualify as an expert witness, it is encouraged that at a minimum he or she is able to put their…

there is an issue of whether or not the court, takes the time to determine if the expert witness has the proper background or not. One of the things I would wonder is if there was a difference between someone who, has a great deal of experience with a particular piece of evidence, but no training and someone who has received training, i.e., when would a lay persons testimony be more accepted by the court then an experts testimony? This question brought me to the Trayvon Martin cases. Both,…

justice system. Psychologist who work in the criminal justice field may end up working in law enforcement, corrections or in the court system, each of these three fields incorporates different aspects of the legal system. The psychologist in criminal justice field studies the offenders, victims, law enforcement employees, juror expert witnesses, prison guards, judges and parole officers. The examination discoveries of a psychologist will have impact on all these fields in the legal system, and…

Oftentimes, testimony from an expert on the syndrome is often excluded from trial, however, by a judge that acknowledges the “scientific validity of [battered woman syndrome], and a concern that expert testimony unfairly bolsters the credibility of the alleged victim.” (Costanzo & Krauss,…

debatable. The idea that you cannot be an expert without having an incredible memory is not absurd by any means but it is less accurate in today’s generation. As technology advances we no longer have the need to memorize frivolous information and as we advance our experts should as well. However, I do see Foer’s point when it comes to memory, if our experts are not willing to go beyond what we are then what exactly makes them experts. Holding our experts to a higher standard not only keeps them…

In order to answer this question, the expert witness needs to inform the jury of the reasonableness of Darla’s perception of danger (Fulero & Wrightsman, 2009). For example, when a woman with BWS attacks her victim in his or her sleep, it signifies that even when her batterer is sleeping, she is still afraid for her life. Fulero and Wrightsman (2009) explain that the expert witness’s testimony may “demonstrate how repeated physical abuse can heighten a battered…

findings of this study might not be generalizable because the study was demographically restricted. Another limitation of this study is that the conceptualization of confidence included both verbal and nonverbal behaviors (Cramer et al., 2011). Although the age range of the participants of this study was broad and their ethnic backgrounds were not very diverse, the participant pool did contain Hispanic, African American, and five participants identifying as other ethnicities. For future…