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Computer Generated Evidence In Court
... this to be done
from computers' (CLRC 1972, para 259).
Admissibility
The law of evidence is concerned with the means of proving the facts which are
in issue and this necessarily involves the adduction of evidence which is then
presented to the court. The law admits evidence only if it complies with the
rules governing admissibility. Computer output is only admissible in evidence
where special conditions are satisfied. These conditions are set out in detail
in section 69 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 (see further
Nyssens 1993, Reed 1993 and Tapper 1993).
In general the principles of admissi ...
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The Brady Law
... that the federal
government cannot make local police decide whether people are fit to buy
handguns.
The issue at hand is if the government can expect local authorities
to run criminal background checks on every person wishing to purchase a gun.
This 5-4 decision would be easy to overturn in the court decides to
revisit it later.
This case was brought up by sheriffs in Montana and Arizona who
said that running background checks would take valuable time away from
other law-enforcement duties. This is a valid argument in less densely
populated areas of the country where doing checks would bring manpower to a
belo ...
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Death Penalty In The United States
... the death penalty if
they are caught. Others in favor of the death penalty feel that even if it
doesn't deter others from committing crimes, it will eliminate repeat
offenders. Death penalty opponents feel that the death penalty actually
leads to an increase in crime because the death penalty desensitizes people
to violence, and it sends the message that violence is a suitable way to
resolve conflicts. Death penalty opponents also condemn the death penalty
because of the possibility of an innocent person being put to death, and
because it can be unfairly applied.
Death penalty opponents feel that the death pena ...
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Our Court System Is Inefficient
... guilty", the court clerk asks how the Crown lawyer wishes to proceed and so forth. However, this is not so in the Ontario Supreme Court (Trial Division), though similar in methodical procedures, the court cases are longer and much more time is spent on each individual part of the case, from presenting the evidence to cross- examination of the witness, this is because of the amount of information involved.
The general atmosphere and behaviour in the Provincial Courtrooms were general loose and calm. The people, lawyers, judge, clerk and recorder seem to know each other very well. They joked openly, even while the cou ...
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DNA And Crime
... twins(which have the
exact same DNA), is formed from two family lines the pattern of sizes of the
fragments from an individual is unique and can serve as a DNA fingerprint of
that person. These ‘fingerprints’ have became very important in identifying
criminals in a number of violent crimes where the victims aren’t able to. Blood
or semen stains on clothing, sperm cells found in a vaginal swab taken after a
rape, or root hairs are all available for analysis. Although other body tissues
such as skin cells and saliva can provide genetic information about a person for
Forensic Science purposes, blood is th ...
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Quick Look At Gun Control
... for self defense against crime, and by
enforcing gun control is violating a citizens second amendment right
to bear arms.
Guns are evil to some, because of the violence that they
create. People express guns as weapons of homicide. They insist that,
the more guns with which our society equips itself, the greater the
likelihood for accidents or violent acts involving fire arms to occur.
It is a proven fact that handguns have been the murder weapon of
choice. Guns are involved in h ...
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Minimum Drinking Age - 1998
... increase in the typical amount of alcohol drunk and the
frequency of drinking by 14 -19 year olds. This is counter to the
trend for the general population. 1
* Under age drinking is widely practised in New Zealand. A recent survey
showed that 43% of all 14-19 year olds had drunk at least on one
occasion illegally on a licensed premise within the last year. 2
Nearly a quarter of all alcohol consumed by young men aged between
14-17 years was drunk illegally on licensed premises. 3
* A former New Zealand Police Commissioner claims that moves to lower
the legal drinkin ...
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The Death Penalty
... if you decided to follow your own religion. Many burned at
the stake were women and some were even children. It is ironic that
Christianity is built around forgiveness. Many other gruesome mass executions
throughout the ages were performed for minor crimes that today would be classed
as mmisdemeanors.
One of the most vicious methods of execution ever invented was geared
not only to inflict pain but to provide a gruesome spectacle for the public. It
was the English punishment for treason. It is called hanging, drawing and
countering. First you would be dragged to the place of execution on a hurdle.
This is ...
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Law Does Not Drive Us, Reason Does
... a person think that not all laws are good for the group in society and
morality is a justifiable excuse in breaking the law.
Those who oppose my view on this question may be quick to ask me how
come we go by law and not morality in society. Last year at St. Louis
University I had a roommate with the complete opposite view on this question.
He explained himself this way:
Human nature consists of three basic components. These are to
live,
propagate, and to dominate. If humanity was left without any
other
parameters, this natural state of existence would govern its
behavior. Fortunately ...
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Defending A Killer
... that the guilty should walk,
but that money can change ones judgment.
In the video, that was shown during class one scene talked of the
ethical rights that his client was entitled to. The client had confessed to
his attorney how he had murdered someone in the past, and an innocent
person was going to be executed in his place. The lawyer told his client
how he could not reveal that information, even though someone was going to
die for a crime they did not commit. Where and how could such a rule be put
into place that would make it totally acceptable for an innocent person to
be put to death for a crime tha ...
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