Eyewitness testimony

Both victims and witnesses are important players in international criminal proceedings. Historically, victims were not involved in the criminal justice process. Victim participation has to be limited and restricted in regards to investigation and prosecution. Impact statements now exist in the United States, which grants either immediate victims or victims of the family the ability to speak before the jury, the judge, or the convicted defendant. They are able to express themselves; giving them…

The prosecution’s case was that it was not an accident and presented a case which involved four components of evidence: medical, reconstruction of the vehicle pathway, testimony from Farquharson’s close friend Mr King and the accused dam-side behaviour (Farquharson). Firstly, medical evidence centred on the uncommonness and questionability of the condition that Farquharson had presented with cough…

During trail, Warna’s testimony was one of the most important piece of evidence. Because of her analysis explanation, it was said to believe that Ms. Molly Wright was beaten by an object (weapon) with force. According to her testimony, she stated that the blood stains on Hill’s clothing matched the blood DNA from Molly Wright, which was the factor that determined the sentencing and if Mr. Hill was guilty or innocent, which in this case he was guilty. In court, Mr. Hill listed a number of reasons…

The fiber evidence played an overwhelming role in the conviction of Wayne Bertram Williams for multiple reasons, primarily because the prosecution was able to link twenty-eight different types of fibers to Williams and his victims (Saferstein, 2015). Furthermore, the fibers located on the victims were unusually shaped yellow-green fibers, which matched the carpet in the Williams’s home (Saferstein, 2015). The fiber evidence gained additional credibility for the prosecution when they discovered…

Police conduct during the Carter murder investigation was far from ideal. The police did not follow appropriate procedures when conducting interviews and interrogations and they harassed Williamson and Fritz for four years when, at the time, they did not even have fabricated evidence. The prosecution and police then fabricated evidence against the two men, implicating them in the rape and murder when no true evidence pointed to them and, in fact, much of the evidence pointed against them. in…

police could not find any material evidence that could prove Tyrone’s guilt. The second reason is that there is eyewitness form several victims which could lead to inaccurate information. The police had some descriptions but the information that they have was not complete to press charges against Tyrone Briggs. According to an eyewitness evidence provided by Wells and other writers, Eyewitness accounts can be affected by exposure to misleading questions, a system variable. (Wells 582) This…

the relationship between the effects of IB and expert testimony on the credibility of witnesses in the courtroom. Results indicate that regardless of the presence of expert testimony, the witness who saw the crime was rated significantly more credible than the witness who experienced IB. The presence of an expert witness did not significantly affect the credibility of the witness who experienced IB. Through the introduction of expert testimony, the study could further investigate…

actuality, courtrooms sometimes feed into the drama that is displayed on mediocre primetime television. In a sense, winning a case is more or less a competition of seeing who can manipulate the jury with flashy graphics, visuals, and heartbreaking testimonies. According to Hsieh’s article, “Trial Lawyers Cater to Jurors’ Demands for Visual Evidence”, words aren’t enough to defend a case because jurors are expecting to be entertained. This misconception stems directly from the…

a tired, apologetic face” (Gessen 170). This witness could have played out well for the prosecution if the prosecution had prepared the witness better because the witness testimony was riddled with fallacies that could have helped Pussy Riot if Pussy Riot had a fair trial. The first fallacy that in the Sokologorskaya testimony was a tu quoque, which is a fallacy that is an opponent 's argument has no value because the opponent does not follow his or her own advice. This shows up when…

Court supported that trial judges are permitted to examine whether an expert's conclusions are sufficiently unfailing, even if based on the accepted and proper methodology. As a result, the Court upheld the trial court's conclusion that the expert's testimony about the cause of the failure of the particular tire in the case at issue was insufficient to be presented to the jury. (Shelton…