Testimony of Simplicity

England ports also enjoyed this high-living merchant aristocracy. The preaching of leaders of simplicity continued even though their stance became more and more unpopular among the majority. The Puritans, as well as the later generations of simple livers, faced the problem of children being less inclined to live simply. For many of the younger generations growing up in relative comfort and stability, there was no real need for simplicity. The Puritans also faced the problems of growth in population and complexity. This along with urbanization, commercialism, and cosmopolitanism were leading the introduction of diversity into a relatively homogeneous social order (19). The constant flow of ships coming into ports brought new goods, ideas, and people. During this time of social change, the Puritan ethic became the minority. The appeal for the public to practice simplicity was seen by many as a “rhetorical cloak employed by those enjoying elevated status and material wealth to hide their covert selfish interests (19).” The attempt of the Great Awakening to bring back the traditional way of living…

of what they had done that day, not all could be certain. Details may not seem to be that important when telling a story from a childhood experience or maybe the retelling of a joke, but what if a person was made to recall a memory that took place six weeks ago? This may not seem crucial, however, what if this inability to recall what happened that day could possibly ruin someone’s life? This appears to be the situation that Adnan Syed is in. Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend,…

which will maybe result in some type of closure. Victim impact statements have only been around for 20 years, granting the victim a greater level of participation in criminal court proceedings. Before victim impact statements, victims would only play a role as a witness. For example, prior to victim impact statements, a rape victim would be a witness in describing the evens and declaring the defendant of the crime. Otherwise, victims would wait amongst the perpetrators family, waiting for the…

The prosecution’s case was that it was not an accident and presented a case which involved four components of evidence: medical, reconstruction of the vehicle pathway, testimony from Farquharson’s close friend Mr King and the accused dam-side behaviour (Farquharson). Firstly, medical evidence centred on the uncommonness and questionability of the condition that Farquharson had presented with cough…

Eyewitness testimony is where a witness will tell the jury what he or she has seen. This information is crucial because it can help the legal system identify the criminals quicker. The problem of eyewitness testimony is how the accuracy is not nearly one hundred percent. This causes problems because people can think they saw something or someone, when they actually saw something else. Their mind is tricking them because they thought of the thing closest to the actual thing. A hair dryer can look…

During trail, Warna’s testimony was one of the most important piece of evidence. Because of her analysis explanation, it was said to believe that Ms. Molly Wright was beaten by an object (weapon) with force. According to her testimony, she stated that the blood stains on Hill’s clothing matched the blood DNA from Molly Wright, which was the factor that determined the sentencing and if Mr. Hill was guilty or innocent, which in this case he was guilty. In court, Mr. Hill listed a number of reasons…

Adam Liptak wrote an article in The New York Times about reliability of witnesses testimonies and judges discretion to include or exclude such testimonies in the court. This article came in light after the Supreme Court ruling on the same issue at hand. The Court and multiple studies all suggest how “unusually problematic and unusually persuasive” eyewitness testimonies are (Liptak, 2011, para. 1). In Barion Perry's case, the members of the court did not seem moved to challenge the…

The fiber evidence played an overwhelming role in the conviction of Wayne Bertram Williams for multiple reasons, primarily because the prosecution was able to link twenty-eight different types of fibers to Williams and his victims (Saferstein, 2015). Furthermore, the fibers located on the victims were unusually shaped yellow-green fibers, which matched the carpet in the Williams’s home (Saferstein, 2015). The fiber evidence gained additional credibility for the prosecution when they discovered…

of the works. Unreliable memories can affect our court system and the people involved in the trials. In our society, criminals are tried in court more often than not and the courts require eyewitness testimony from people at to scene of the crime to help convict the person being tried. However, most trials don’t happen immediately after the crime and it could take up to a year or even longer. That could lead to many inaccuracies in those testimonies because “the content of our memories can…

the body hit the ground, and heard the young man shouted “I’m going to kill you.” These eyewitnesses could have incorporated misinformation into their memories of the event. They probably had to testify several times before testifying in court, which may have caused the eyewitnesses’ testimonies to form their false memories into real memories. Although the viewers did not view the scenes leading up to the accusation, the lawyers and police could have asked the eyewitnesses leading questions…