Sentences with phrase «in eyewitness testimony»

This is one reason why, for example, there may have been such widely divergent witness accounts in the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting, says Gary Wells, PhD, a psychologist at Iowa State University who specializes in eyewitness testimony.

In eyewitness testimony, they call it «weapon focus.»

If you want to continue to put your faith in eyewitness testimony, how was Genesis written?

Not exact matches

Some of that evidence includes, «the empty tomb, the early belief of the disciples in the resurrection of Jesus due to eyewitness testimony, the transformation of the disciples, the conversion of Paul, and the conversion of James» I understand that many have died in the name of faith and religoun throughout time and still do, but they have died wholeheartedly believing that their way was the truth.

We have proof in the form of credible eyewitness testimony of Jesus» resurrection and ascension.

Besides, much eyewitness evidence is highly unreliable, as demonstrated by the hundreds of death row inmates who, in recent decades, they're convicted by eyewitness testimony and later exonerated by DNA analysis.

Many of us who are not eyewitnesses have trouble even assigning terms like «victim» or «abuser» when there are contradictory stories, evidence, and testimony and we ourselves haven't witnessed the behavior in question (or are very distant from it).

However, recent scholarship which focuses on literary details within the Gospels themselves has demonstrated that they are in fact the product of eyewitness testimony — which was best historiographical practice at the time.

If one compares the supernatural claims of the gospels to those of Joseph Smith, the 11 witnesses claimed to be direct eyewitnesses, their testimonies were contemporaneously recorded, and there is an external record corroborating they were in the right place at the right time; the gospels were recorded second hand, well after the alleged events, and there is no extrinsic record corroborating their presence at the right place at the right time.

The average life - span in those days was around 45 years — the likelihood of any original eyewitnesses still being around to testify to the Gospel authors is extremely low, not to mention the fact that even the classical historian Josephus said that 20 years is long enough to render witness testimony useless.

Why would a story based on reliable eyewitness testimony differ in such ways?

So on one hand we have Jesus... in which we have eyewitness testimony, who even secular historians acknowledge lived, and KNOW that humans exist.

It would seem, then, that the testimony, entirely internalized in Christ's own testimony and in the testimony that God renders to Christ, loses all reference to eyewitness testimony dear to Luke.

It's possible that the DNA could be wrong, or that the reenactment models could be off, but in the absence of any actual eyewitness (and even that testimony is not as reliable as once assumed) testimony to an event it is the best we have to go on, right?

«54 In this modern perspective we discover that what we have to interpret is the testimony not for the most part of eyewitnesses and followers of Jesus in the days of his flesh, but «the witness of the apostolic communitIn this modern perspective we discover that what we have to interpret is the testimony not for the most part of eyewitnesses and followers of Jesus in the days of his flesh, but «the witness of the apostolic communitin the days of his flesh, but «the witness of the apostolic community.

I can find more living people who can give eyewitness testimony to voodoo magic actually working than all the witnesses of Jesus in the bible.

Dozens of Romans senators claimed that the first Roman king, Romulus, was snatched up into heaven right in front of their eyes... but no Christian believes this eyewitness testimony.

Thirteen men living in the early nineteenth century signed legal affidavits, swearing under oath, that they personally had seen the Golden Tablets delivered to Joseph Smith by the angel Moroni with their own two eyes, and three of these men signed affidavits that they had seen the angel Moroni himself with their own two eyes... but yet no Christian believes this eyewitness testimony.

In the absence of historical evidence to the contrary, our views are formed by the clear tradition of near contemporary accounts, preserved that our faith might be well founded on eyewitness testimonies within the Tradition of the Church.

Testimony after testimony of independent eyewitnesses, survivors and journalists attest to the premeditated, systematic targeting of Sikhs on the streets and in theTestimony after testimony of independent eyewitnesses, survivors and journalists attest to the premeditated, systematic targeting of Sikhs on the streets and in thetestimony of independent eyewitnesses, survivors and journalists attest to the premeditated, systematic targeting of Sikhs on the streets and in their homes.

«Today's key eyewitness testimony that implicates Governor Cuomo in the cover - up of Bridgegate is another example of his political thuggery at the expense of New Yorkers,» New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox said in an emailed statement.

When Lara Frumkin, then at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, set up mock trials using videotaped eyewitness testimony, the jury perceived the same person to be less credible if they spoke with a foreign accent (Psychology, Crime & Law, vol 13, p 317).

In addition to educating jurors about the uncertainties surrounding eyewitness testimony, adhering to specific rules for the process of identifying suspects can make that testimony more accurate.

IN 1984 KIRK BLOODSWORTH was convicted of the rape and murder of a nine - year - old girl and sentenced to the gas chamber — an outcome that rested largely on the testimony of five eyewitnesses.

According to Simon's new book In Doubt, despite advances in DNA forensic technologies, eyewitness testimony remains the most common way to nab criminals in the Anglo - American justice systeIn Doubt, despite advances in DNA forensic technologies, eyewitness testimony remains the most common way to nab criminals in the Anglo - American justice systein DNA forensic technologies, eyewitness testimony remains the most common way to nab criminals in the Anglo - American justice systein the Anglo - American justice system.

The study supposedly took place at the Ar Research Station in Gotland, but the whistleblowers say it never happened, based on eyewitness testimony and other evidence.

«There are a number of ways that eyewitness testimony can be contaminated with misleading information and that's why you have to treat memory like other forms of forensic evidence,» said Alan Kersten, Ph.D., co-author of the study and an associate professor of psychology in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.

Research by psychologists at Florida Atlantic University gives new meaning to the notion of «guilt by association» and aims to test how memory in humans as well as police use of mugshots and subtle innuendo can contaminate eyewitness testimonies.

Eyewitnesses identify more than 75,000 suspects each year in the United States and their testimonies are one of the most compelling and powerful forms of evidence for a jury.

Kersten and collaborator Julie Earles, Ph.D., co-author and a professor of psychology in FAU's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, were looking for answers to a key question involving eyewitness testimonies and mugshots: «Does presenting a picture along with a question like «is this the person who did it?»

According to the Innocence Project, eyewitness testimony played a role in 75 percent of guilty verdicts eventually overturned by DNA testing after people spent years in prison.

Intermingling documents and records of the incident with candid testimony from eyewitnesses and participants, the film uncovers an inescapable link between the tragic incidents that unfolded in Bagram and the policies made at the very highest level of the United States government in Washington, D.C. Combining the cool detachment of a forensic expert with the heated indignation of a proud American who holds his country to a high standard, Gibney's film reveals how the Bush administration has systematically betrayed the very ideals it professes to uphold.

That supposed «eyewitness» testimony was the only evidence linking Colin to the crime, but it didn't prevent a jury from convicting the 18 year - old in spite of a credible alibi and the absence of a motive, weapon or connection to the victim.

«Eyewitness Testimony Doesn't Make It True» A commentary, originally published in the Hartford Courant, on the Yale Law School Web site.

«Misidentification: The Caprices of Eyewitness Testimony in Criminal Cases» An article published by the Center for Criminal Justice Advocacy.

«Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Identification: A New Pair of Glasses for the Jury» A preview of an article in the American Criminal Law Review.

The Best Available Evidence's sculptural components are still coming together during our studio visit (and do include a representative weather balloon) but Marino excitedly mentions the audio portion of the exhibition, which required her to reach out to voice actors through Craigslist («I was posting ads in cities all over the place,» she states) to read testimonies from UFO eyewitnesses, some fabricated by Marino herself.

«Not only was there no forensic evidence or eyewitness testimony linking the petitioner to the crime, the state's primary witnesses came forward with incriminating evidence more than 20 years after the crime and did so only after either learning of the sizeable reward being offered in the case, reading Mark Fuhrman's 1998 book, Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley, inculpating the petitioner, or both.»

In this case, they will likely rely on the social media video, breathalyzer results, and eyewitness testimony.

Another, perhaps even more important problem, is how a jury relies so heavily on eyewitness testimony to determine what in fact happened.

According to the Innocence Project, 70 percent of exonerations involved cases in which eyewitness testimony was used to obtain a conviction.

In some cases, your lawyer may obtain evidence establishing negligence, such as surveillance footage, maintenance records and reports, toxicology results, eyewitness testimony, vehicle computer data, internal documents, or expert opinion regarding the standard of care that should have been exercised in a given scenariIn some cases, your lawyer may obtain evidence establishing negligence, such as surveillance footage, maintenance records and reports, toxicology results, eyewitness testimony, vehicle computer data, internal documents, or expert opinion regarding the standard of care that should have been exercised in a given scenariin a given scenario.

Of course, in all matters of this type, it is vital that a legal advocate conduct a thorough investigation of the facts, review all available police reports and documentation, and take steps to preserve critical eyewitness testimony and other key physical evidence.

Problems with eyewitness testimony in courts continue to raise concerns across the country.

In order to cite adultery, there must be some evidence, but not to the extent of eyewitness testimony.

In a statement about the eyewitness testimony, the trial judge found that «Each of three women, no matter how well intentioned, tried to make narrative sense of the events by working backwards from their consequences.»

In 2014, MAIP filed a brief in a case involving the proper standard for evaluating eyewitness testimonIn 2014, MAIP filed a brief in a case involving the proper standard for evaluating eyewitness testimonin a case involving the proper standard for evaluating eyewitness testimony.

A critical component of building a case usually includes gathering eyewitness and employee testimony and may also involve consulting experts and examining business records in some cases.

In trials involving eyewitness testimony, the frailty of memory often becomes a key part of the defence strategy,.

We can review eyewitness testimonies, analyze collected evidence, and even interview the offending parties to prove that you were in no way at fault for your hazardous collision.