Sentences with phrase «in criminal trials»

Dutton has served as an expert witness in criminal trials involving family violence, including his work for the prosecution in the O.J. Simpson trial.

Many forensic psychologists are called to testify in criminal trials or to offer criminal profiling assistance in order to help law enforcement in solving an impending crime.

When they are called to testify in criminal trials they are called as expert witnesses and are expected to offer their testimony regarding the mental fitness of a defendant and sometimes they are used to help the judge in recommending a sentence.

It is likely that those facing proceedings in criminal trials will be faced with evidence emanating from witnesses who, were it not for their co-operation with the investigating authorities, would be sitting in the dock alongside their co-defendants.

The Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination applies only in criminal trials, but it permits a witness to refuse to answer a question in either criminal or civil cases, including in a deposition.

But I think it is nevertheless worth making the point that the rules of evidence are different in civil cases; whereas in criminal trials the rule against hearsay evidence is much more strictly adhered to.

The issue of fitness to plead in criminal trials raises interesting, indeed fundamental philosophical, questions concerning justice.

Advocacy encompasses a range of abilities including case analysis, drafting and using skeleton arguments, making oral submissions, cross-examining witnesses in criminal trials and being able to put forward a strong and persuasive case.

Even after they heard there was a problem, many didn't have the scientific background to understand what could be included in criminal trials.

It tells the story of a child murderer in Germany and the police hunt to track him down, resulting in a «staged» trial used to force a confession from the accused and obtain a conviction, making the point of the importance of legal representation in criminal trials to ensure justice, even for the most abhorrent crimes.

Witnesses often are reluctant to testify in criminal trials, either because they fear for their safety or because they simply don't want to be involved.

Adam Makepeace, practice manager at criminal law firm Tuckers Solicitors, said: «At a time when the issue of miscarriages of justice is making front page headlines because of failures by the police and CPS to comply with their disclosure obligations, it is obvious to all how important it is that there is effective representation of defendants in criminal trials.

These determinations are made notwithstanding the Report's admission that it does «pretend to reach the standard of proof applicable in criminal trials».

We can help illustrate that eroding the presumption of innocence, lowering the burden of proof in criminal trials, or allowing the state to compel the testimony of an accused, would likely have far broader and insidious effects on society, well beyond the intended offenders.

E.g., in Crawford v. Washington the Court held that testimonial hearsay is inadmissible in criminal trials.

There are understandable concerns with shielding the identity of defendants in criminal trials but perhaps the time has come to rebalance the scale.

«Images and maps downloaded from Google Maps are now very common in criminal trials and often accepted as authoritative....

Organized - crime guys often used the public defender's office as a front in their criminal trials, claiming they were just poor laborers wrongly accused.

Katy Thorne is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, and specialises in criminal trials and appeals.

Criminal Code amendments during the Provincial Courts era, coupled with the Court's growing reputation and expertise in criminal trials, have combined to give the Ontario Court of Justice a large and diverse volume of criminal cases.

Attorney Quinones has made an exceptional name for herself as a criminal trial lawyer and enjoys a high success rate in criminal trials.

In criminal trials that involve murder, the personal injury case could focus on assault or wrongful death.

And, unlike in criminal trials, the extradition court can not weigh the evidence.

This is more problematic in criminal trials, where jury questions could provide evidence pushing a case over the threshold of proof needed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the prosecution failed to provide, than in civil cases with a preponderance of the evidence standard.

Guest Post by David Middleton Fingerprints are admissible evidence in criminal trials because of their uniqueness.

To burden the forensic analogy further, I teach forensic students how to be an expert witness in criminal trials.

Courts regularly rely on scientific expert testimony, involving for example DNA evidence in criminal trials, where judges and juries have no competence in the subject matter.

It doesn't take a huge amount of Bayesian inference to encounter innumerable examples of absence of evidence providing evidence of absence — in criminal trials as well as everyday life.

When jurors are asked to weigh evidence in criminal trials, methods based on Bayesian statistics could assist in avoiding logical fallacies that often undermine legal arguments.

«In criminal trials, seeing intention in an action can mean the difference between first - degree and second - degree murder, in some cases between life and death, so any benefits of video replay should be weighed against its potentially biasing effects,» Caruso says.

Presented in the format of a «mock trial,» the program was designed to investigate the relationship between neurological abnormalities and behavior, particularly criminal behavior; how scientific evidence is admitted and examined in American courts; and how neuroscience evidence and information may be used in criminal trials.

«The public has an interest in what goes on in criminal trials, which includes both the evidence that's admitted and the evidence that's excluded, for whatever reason,» she said.

The report, published yesterday, also warns against the use of intercept evidence in criminal trials.

In criminal trials, the burden of proof lies on the prosecution, meaning the jury will have to find Hernandez guilty «beyond a reasonable doubt.»

The subsequent developments in the enemy combatant cases (some of which arose collaterally in the criminal trial of Padilla), haven't really change the relevant law.

At that point, defense attorneys are expected file a Rule 29 motion, allowed in any criminal trial, in which they will argue that the prosecution failed to present enough evidence to prove its case.

«This is a problem that faces us relating to a handful of people in this country including Abu Qatada whereby you've got intelligence but not evidence that can be used in a criminal trial.

The Law Society said: «It is a fundamental aspect of the right to a fair trial that the defendant in a criminal trial is able to challenge the evidence adduced against them.

Justice AdemoIa held that in criminal trial an accused person is assumed innocent until proven guilty and that a citizens health is very paramount in any trial case and before the law.

Adam Skelos had a direct line into his father's top staffer, Robert Mujica, according to evidence introduced in the criminal trial.

Last month the Afghan Parliament passed Article 26 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which would have banned all relatives of an accused from testifying in a criminal trial.

Coulson, thought to be the first NoW senior executive to be questioned on oath in a criminal trial about the affair, repeatedly denied having any knowledge of illegal activity by his staff.

Before proceeding to pronounce his sentence on the accused persons, Justice Ekwo said that mere denial did not suffice as defence in criminal trial.

The Judge further said that it is a settled law that where doubts arise in a criminal trial, such doubts must be resolved in favour of the defendant.

His role in the trial is strategic — offering advice and, at times, a script to a green attorney, who has no experience in a criminal trial — and political — making grand pronouncements about prejudice and injustice to the gaggle of press and protestors on the front steps of the courthouse.

And I will testify in your criminal trial, too, of course.

It would expose the company to more natural gas risk at a time that its executives are in a criminal trial.

The sagacity of juries is perhaps best captured by a bit of advice from a juror in a criminal trial whose comment is relevant to every litigator: «Make your point and move on — we are reasonably intelligent people and have been paying attention to the testimony.»

This may sound a trite piece of advice, but success in a criminal trial is not so much to do with rhetorical flair or Hollywood style revelations, than well - focussed, thorough and detailed preparation.

Of course, it's hard to say whether Low's all around experience or Dickhaus» lack of criminal experience make him less competent in a criminal trial.