What is the difference between direct and circumstantial evidence? Give two practical examples of each. Direct evidence proves a fact without interference and does not require any reasoning to arrive at the conclusion to be drawn from the evidence. Basically it can prove a fact by itself. Everything a witness saw‚ heard‚ found‚ etc. are examples of direct evidence. -A customer was present when they robbed the supermarket‚ he witnessed the event. -A person saw through the window when the criminal
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Section 105 of the Indian Evidence Act stated that the legal provision on the question of burden of proof is almost same in both India and England. The presumption is that the accused is innocent and the burden of proving the otherwise is on the prosecution. But in case when an accused relies upon the General Exceptions in the Indian Penal Code or on any special exception or proviso contained in any other part of the Penal Code‚ or in any law defining an offence‚ 105 of the Evidence Act raises a presumption
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he 44-year-old Linton woman was a mere 5 feet tall‚ weighed barely 100 pounds and had an attractive smile. And‚ with the mental ability of a grade-school child‚ she would have a hard time telling anyone if something happened to her‚ Greene County Prosecutor David Powell said in his opening statements Tuesday at the trial of one of the men accused of killing her. "Pam was an innocent‚" Powell said. "She lived the last two weeks of her life in an absolute hellhole." Powell then sketched out
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pain II. Sexual motivation Official Misconduct (9A.80.010) I. Intent A. Obtain benefit or privilege of another person B. Commits an unauthorized act under color of law C. Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law Physical Evidence From Crime Scene: a. What would I collect? I would collect the gun‚ gun bullet on the floor by Ms. O’Connell‚ gun bullet that was shot at her mouth‚ clothes from Mr. Banks & Ms. O’Connell that were worn at the time of the accident‚ DNA samples
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Introduction1 2. Description of Digital Evidence2 3. Principles of Cyber Forensics3 4. Examination of Digital Evidence4 4.1 Preserving the evidence5 4.2 Locating the evidence6 4.3 Selecting the evidence 7 4.4 Analysing the evidence 8 4.5 Validating the evidence 9 4.6 Presenting the evidence 12 5. The Importance of Crime Reconstruction Hypotheses and Alternate Hypotheses 14 6. Conclusion 15 References 16 1. Introduction With the rapid development
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Nuts-and-Bolts of Evidence Week #2. Jacob Atkinson CJAD405 3. What is the role of the prosecutor in handling evidence at trial? The role of the judge? The role of the jury? What is meant by the statement‚ “the burden of proof of guilt in a criminal case is on the prosecution throughout the trial”? Prosecutor- The prosecutor must determine what evidence needs to be introduced‚ but also how that evidence is produced and consider the appropriate time in which to display evidence throughout the
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relationship to major concepts or big ideas? Sample Evidence: Student use of graphic organizers; focus on essential question and focusing questions for lesson (e.g. written on white board) º What evidence do you see that students understand and use procedural knowledge that is required for the “doing of the discipline?” Sample Evidence: Student inquiry ‚ including posing of questions‚ formulation of hypotheses‚ gathering and evaluating of evidence; use of primary sources º What strategies does
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for further guidelines. 1) “The Lost Entry” – For this paper‚ you will create a four or five line entry to Columbus’s travel journal. This entry must be accompanied by a paper of one to one and a half pages that uses Columbus’s actual letter as evidence to explain why you wrote the entry as you did. (Be sure to have an argument for this paper as you would for the other paper options. A thesis for this paper could be similar to the following: The journal entry I have created fits with the writings
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Digital evidence refers to any piece of electronic information that can be found or retrieve from any electronic device which can be used to provide evidence for any use of violation. Basically‚ “Any information of probative value that is saved or stored in a binary form is digital evidence.” (SWGDE‚ 1998‚ p5). Below are the lists of electronic devices that stores digital evidence and some of the possible ways that the information can be manipulated: Information stored inside mobile phones such
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CASE: THO YOW PEW & ANOR V CHUA KOOI HEAN MATERIAL FACT: The plaintiffs in this case were the elder and younger brother of Dr. Tho Yow Cheong (the deceased) who died testate on 5 December 1996. They were the executors and trustees of the will executed by the deceased which dated on 20 October 1995. On 16 June 1997‚ the plaintiffs applied to the High Court of Kuala Lumpur by way of petition for a grant of probate of the said will. The defendant who was the wife of the deceased however then
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