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Tag Archives: evidence
New Guidelines to Make Eyewitness Testimony Harder to Use in Courtrooms
”Human memory is not foolproof. Research has proven that human memory is not like a video recording that a witness need only replay to remember what happened. Memory is far more complex, [and] eyewitness identification must be scrutinized carefully” – part of the instructions New Jersey judges are now required … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged courtrooms, evidence, eyewitnesses, polls, Supreme Court, testimony
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Drew Peterson’s Defense Claims Stacy Wanted to Blackmail Him
The defense in Drew Peterson’s trial for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in an attempt to undermine fourth wife Stacy Peterson’s hearsay testimony (related by her pastor, since Stacy has been missing since 2007 and is widely believed to be dead), put Stacy’s divorce attorney on … Continue reading
The James Holmes media blitz, why it will be a challenge convicting Drew Peterson, how John (”Monday”) Perrault’s lawyer Geragos-ed him, and how two sexual attackers’ attorneys Streisand-ed them
Okay, here’s a thought… let’s stop delving into the minutiae of James Holmes’s life as if he’s this week’s celebrity, okay? Most of the time, these killers just wanted the world to pay attention to them. Maybe we shouldn’t show them that this is a good way to get it. … Continue reading
Wednesday Morning Miscellany
Ignorance is Bliss: Why, for forensic scientists, it’s sometimes better not to know so much Payback is a– Well, Actually It’s Sometimes a National Security Crisis: Don’t mess with your teenage daughter and her friends Sort of related: Appeals Court Rules Man Can Be Charged With Felony For Reading Wife’s … Continue reading
Suppression of Evidence
[by Kirk Tarman, Criminal Defense Attorney] When a defense attorney seeks to suppress evidence in a criminal case, this means he wants to keep some of the evidence against his client from being used against him. This evidence can include drugs, weapons, DNA, stolen goods, and even witnesses’ observations. Suppression … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Ask A Lawyer, Stay Out of Jail
Tagged attorneys, courtrooms, evidence, law, suppression of evidence
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Prosecutor: DNA Proves JonBenet’s Family Innocent
In the first significant development in the JonBenet Ramsey case in over 11 years, Boulder (Colorado) District Attorney Mary Lacy announced today that new DNA tests, unavailable until recently, “point to” an “unexplained third party” in six-year-old JonBenet’s December 26, 1996 murder. John Ramsey, JonBenet’s father, told a Denver television … Continue reading
Posted in Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News
Tagged DNA, evidence, John Mark Karr, John Ramsey, JonBenet Ramsey, murder
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