Testimony

his integrity. Yet, Masago confesses to the murder of her own husband; this act clearly rebels her Japanese culture. She admits to willingly “[stabbing] the small sword through the lilac kimono and into [her husband’s] breast” (Akutagawa 6). Her testimony proves she went against her husband’s will and murdered him. Not only did she disobey her husband, she destroyed his legacy as a samurai because according to Masago, her husband did not properly execute his duties. Her disobedience to her…

Judge Hathorne Testimony in Defense of Abigail Williams Greetings to all in attendance and I hope that our Lord is with you. I am Judge Hathorne, nothing more than simply the very judge of the court of Salem. The man that you all have appointed to interpret the law and bring those who break it, to justice. So how could you argue when I say that Abigail Williams is innocent? I am an old grey man who doesn’t have time for these silly games. I have intuition for these things and I know that…

A 1993 Supreme Court case, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, set the standard for judges to decide whether or not expert testimony is allowed in the court instead of an academic or scientific community (Cox, 2009). This places the burden of decision on the judges, who aren’t necessarily proficient in the varied fields of the expert testimonies they’re appraising. This poses an ethical dilemma because they have the power to allow or deny evidence based upon their own personal review…

system deals with motions of trial misconduct. He suggests, “motions for retrial based on false testimony presented by prosecution witnesses should be governed by a standard drawn from newly discovered evidence and prosecutorial misconduct” (p. 52). He also explains how a proper test for courtroom misconduct is more likely achievable if there is a great chance that the jury is aware of the false testimony and would avoid convicting the defendant. By acknowledging the challenges that the system…

The Fallibility of Memory Back in the fifteenth century, eyewitness testimony was taken as factual evidence in court. During the Salem Witch Trials of Salem, Massachusetts, people were put to death because a person claimed to have seen them preforming witchcraft. Within past decades, we have now discovered that eyewitness testimonies are not factual, or condemning evidence. This is because, memory is theorized and easily impressionable. As you sit outside with a friend at your favorite café,…

with criminalistics, but they are different. Forensic Science is based on the evidence they find at the crime scene, like DNA, fingerprints, etc. Criminalistics is based upon these four types of evidence, testimony, direct evidence, circumstantial evidence, and real or physical evidence. “Testimony is information based upon a sworn eye witness. Direct evidence…

Feminist scholars disagree about survivor narratives and their ability to inform the issue of rape. The question is: what is real? Does a survivor narrative constitute the “real” experience or does the constructed narrative version itself become the “real” experience? How are these experiences dissociative for the performers (actual rape survivors who transmit their own experiences) and the audience? Framing trauma “realistically” creates an expectancy, an interchange between the audience and…

As Crime continues to be on the horizon across the globe, detectives will need accurate information before pressing criminal charges. There are several ways eyewitness can identify a suspect from either a police lineup or police sketch. This gives witnesses the opportunity to poitn out the person who could have committed the crime (Arkowitz,Lilienfeld, 2010). Psychologists have found that memory can be reconstructed rather than playing back, even questioning can lead to inaccurate recall…

to the Quaker faith well it is "build conflict resolution skills, see conflict as a springboard for moral growth, seek elegant, simple solutions to problems or disagreements, make decisions by consensus or the "sense of the meeting" (The Quaker Testimonies, 2010). For me, this is one of the hardest beliefs because Quakers do not believe in going to war. Now my papal was a Quaker and he had to go to war because he was in the Marines. I found out later was that the Quakers looked down on him for…

possible cause for the salem witch trials was that the girls were good liars and excellent actors.In documant C the lying acted as if they were afflicted when Bridget Bishop shook her head and rolled her eyes up durring the examination. The girls testimony was…