The Accused

guilt or innocence of an accused. They are trained to apply principles of psychology to the justice systems. They are used in criminal cases (but can be used in other instances as well) to assess an accused’s mental state and criminal capacity at the time of the alleged criminal event. Have an understanding of the legal approach to important issues of guilt, criminal capacity, intent, negligence and the sentencing of an offender in order to help with the assessment of accused. Forensic…

of over twenty, and over one hundred and fifty victims were accused (Latner 138). Nevertheless, The Salem Witch Trials continue to spark fascination and investigation across all audiences. However, in order to truly understand the events that took place, the victims accused of witchcraft need to be…

a charge. In the case of R v. Andrews the accused pleaded guilty and the defence that was used was an alibi. The Defence of an Alibi An alibi is a defence that is raised by the defence counsel and the accused, that demonstrates that the accused was not present at the crime scene at time that the illegal offence occurred. If an alibi is raised, as a defence then the burden of proof is on the crown and not the accused, to demonstrate that the accused was indeed present at the crime scene,…

for the event if it wasn’t the accused. Blaming a different company gives the audience a target for their negative feelings and it answers the question of “Who did it?”. 3.2 Evasion of responsibility The goal of this…

comfortable and double locked them. The accused was searched incident to arrest and no weapons or contraband was found. The accused was guided to marked patrol vehicle # 526 and I conducted another check of the vehicles back seat. Both this check and the one completed at the beginning of my shift were negative for weapons or contraband. The accused was seated inside and seat belted in. I then locked the rear doors, completely securing the accused inside. My vehicle is not equipped with…

This test was that the accused was stripped down to their undergarments, bound in rope, and tossed in the nearest body of water. It was believed that if they were a witch the water would reject them and they would float. However if they weren 't a witch then they would sink. They…

are multiple events that lead to this major event in history. My analysis shows that the leading causes for the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria were the very little to no evidence made for the case, the unusual ratio between the accused and accusers, and the locations of the accused witches and accusers in the Salem village. Evidence shows that the accusers did not have sufficient evidence to prove that the people were performing witchcraft. For example, below is an example of an examination:…

Imagine yourself being accused of witchcraft. Many women and some men were accused of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials where when people were accused of being inhabited or taken by the devil. There were 20 people executed because of it. Many Puritans have lived here in Salem, Massachusetts. People want to learn why it happened and what caused it. There were many factors that led to the Salem witch trial hysteria in 1692. Many of the people wear mostly woman, therefore one of the…

dictates that if the accused foresaw the risk of death or serious injury to his passengers, he must have had foreseen the same risk of death or injury to himself. The court found there was no evidence to prove that the accused had reconciled himself to his own death, therefore he had not reconciled himself with the death of his passengers either. He foresaw the possibility of the collision, but he didn’t think it would happen . Secondly, there was evidence that in the past, the accused had…

Townspeople are not willing to stand up to the court for fear of being accused of being a witch , because those who were accused of being witches lives were and lead to hostility to rise in Salem . Those who were incriminated were expected to confess and also were expected to accuse others of witchery . . Many of the accused reparations were annihilated or received the death penalty , though most of the people accused were wrongly accused . During the time period ‘The Crucible” was written ,…