Ms. Jaffee‚ on behalf of Mr. Allen’s estate‚ appealed to the US Supreme Court. The questions before the Court were: 1. whether it is appropriate for federal courts to recognize a psychotherapist privilege under the federal rules of evidence; specifically‚ F.R.E. Rule 501; 2. if the federal courts recognize a psychotherapist privilege‚ should the privilege extend to confidential communications made to licensed social workers; and 3. should the conversation during a treatment session plus any
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state rule of evidence or statute and what affects they may have on both the prosecution and defense of sexual assault cases. Federal and State rules of evidence statues can affect both the prosecution’s ability to try a sexual assault case successfully‚ and a defender’s ability to defend their client successfully. The Federal Rules of Evidence › ARTICLE IV. RELEVANCE AND ITS LIMITS › Rule 412. Sex-Offense Cases: The Victim‚ is one such statue‚ as- is‚ Minnesota Statue 609.347 EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL
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Proposals for reform of the exclusionary rule in relation to unconstitutionally obtained evidence The exclusionary rule is the rule that defines the circumstances in which a court will exclude evidence on the grounds that it has been obtained in violation of the accused’s constitutional rights. Traditionally the common law did not have an exclusionary rule. The court allowed evidence to be admitted that had been obtained through the use of illegal means‚ for example‚ searching a dwelling without
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Assignment #1 Evidence: CRJS355 Real/ Physical Evidence Real or physical evidence is evidence that can be addressed to the court directly without any interposing of a testimony of witness other than what is required of the basis for such evidence. Real evidence and physical evidence is basically the same thing physical evidence is just object that has been involved in the actual crime scene or took place and played some type of part in it. But when it comes to real evidence it basically
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Testimony Criminal Investigation and Forensics 1st period Good Moring‚ I am expert witness VaShanti Lawrence. I was called to testify about hair. Also I am here to inform you about the forensic hair analysis and explain why it is considered calls evidence. I am going to prove that the suspect Colin Ross’s hair does match the hair found at the crime scene. This is a diagram of the basic structure of hair a hair from the crime scene‚ or one found on the victim‚ will be microscopically compared with
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When it comes to handling evidence‚ wearing latex gloves play a major role in that aspect. Contamination of any evidence can corrupt a scene to the point where it would let a criminal walk free. And as far as contamination goes‚ once evidence is contaminated it can’t be replaced of repaired‚ than it would not be admissible in court. When you use latex gloves it helps preserve the condition of the crime scene. Wearing those gloves protects the investigator from leaving any imprint of theirs at the
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Development of Skills Within the group‚ a large amount of skills were used. The majority of the group used listening skills‚ closed and open questioning skills. Opportunities were available where Probing and reflecting could have been put to practise. Other members of the group displayed passive aggressive behaviours ‚ dictated‚ used aggressive and bullying body / verbal language and actions. In my opinion the members of the group displaying these undesirable traits were not aware they were doing
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are not sufficiently tested‚ this experiment not only jeopardizes the health of individuals‚ but also affects the natural flow of nature. Pollan writes‚ “genetic engineering overthrows the old rules governing the relationship of nature and culture in plants.” He argues in his essay that the “old rules”‚ or natural (organic) ways of farming are no longer being valued‚ but rather overthrown and replaced by this new technology. We get the impression that Pollan does not trust this genetically engineered
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Evidence-Based Practice Matrix of Ten Pieces of Primary Research on One Topic Related to Nursing Authors Dihle‚A.‚Bjolseth‚G.‚Hels eth‚S. WattWatson‚ J.‚Stevens‚B.‚ Garfinkel ‚P.‚Streiner‚D.‚ Gallop‚ R. Bostrom‚B.‚ Sandh‚M.‚ Lundberg‚D.‚ Fridlund‚ B. Chung‚J.‚ Lui‚J. Resource/Database Journal of Clinical Nursing Academic Search Complete Journal of Advanced Nursing Academic Search Complete Journal of Advanced Nursing Academic Search Complete Nursing and Health Sciences Academic Search Complete
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* We should follow the rules so that we can maintain peace and organization within our society‚ economy‚ and even our country. Without rules no one would be able to work together. * Two different kinds of people can be heard to utter that question‚ "Why have rules?" One of them does not believe in rules; the other believes in rules and adds a few more words to the question‚ "Why have rules‚ if you are not going to enforce them?" I would like to examine both sides of this argument. Many people
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