Witness

what he said and what the person he is interviewing is saying. On page 147-148 a good example of one of his police reports is given. This is because he gives a detailed report of a witness who was not cooperating and yet still states how he tried to deescalate the situation and get the conversation between him and the witness going. He states that his interview is a follow up on the investigation which is good to see that he is following procedures in his investigation and report taking. 3.…

When it comes to crime scene investigation, a thorough preliminary investigation is usually required, the reason being to end up with a follow-up investigation. Preliminary investigations seldom provide a sufficient amount of information to arraign a criminal case, consequently the necessity of a thorough preliminary investigation is imperative. Crime scene investigators apprehend that in order to continue with their investigation and to legitimately prosecute a criminal case, evidence that is…

Maybe the witness really doesn’t like the defendant or maybe they really do like them. With both of that said they would lie to save them or lie to put them away maybe for something they didn’t do. Also they could be scared to say anything so they don’t say what they…

Supreme Court has imposed rulings that all exculpatory evidence must be disclosed and that the defendant has a right to learn of any incriminating and/or discrediting information pertaining to the witnesses against them and may result in impeachment of witness testimony. With that said, an officer’s ability to be an effective law enforcement official has diminished in the eyes of the department because his or her lack of integrity and dishonesty “is likely to undermine the officer’s ability to…

through the years. The constant fear he had when his dad was gone. How every time his dad came how he might be a little different this time. To witness the pain that his dad goes through every day. All of this would kill me as a son. This man I always look up to just to see him fall and shatter on the ground then fight to pick up the pieces. Just To witness this the down fall of a man’s life it adds a lot to your life. It’s like witnessing the down fall of the Roman Empire in a first person…

In the Unlikely Event of a Water landing Tragedies such as murder and rape are thought to be horrendous crimes; acts so violent and malicious that the perpetrators must spend their lives in prison to pay their dues, but these crimes occur so often they rarely make headlines anymore. Every once in a while a big “story” will hit the news and the masses will cry out in outrage but even then the outrage dies down and the victims are forgotten. Many times there are witnesses to these crimes that do…

As I stepped foot into the classroom for the first time, I brought with me biases and assumptions. Based on the child selection and first impressions, I immediately jumped to the conclusion that she was a “good kid” and would follow the rules. I viewed her as a role model for the other students since she was exemplifying the behavior the teacher was looking for and rewarding. I equivocated her good grades, not causing trouble, and being compliant with “well behaved” and being a “good” child. I…

“Working Toward the Truth in Officer-Involved Shootings- Memory, Stress, and Time” is also written by Geoffrey P. Albert but as well as John Rivera, and Leon Lott. The authors went about the same subject but from a different angle. The focus of the discourse is significantly based on how trauma and high emotional experiences in general severely impact one’s memory and their perception of an event. There are countless factors that should come into play when determining the accuracy of such…

Elizabeth Calderon, 39, Salinas, California, and Esther Sanchez, otherwise called Trinidad Carrillo, 54, Salinas, California, were arraigned by an elected excellent jury on charges of documenting false assessment forms, burglary of government stores, exasperated wholesale fraud, putting forth false expressions to governmentally protected establishments, and scheme, Calderon and Sanchez are accused of scheming to present an advance application to Bank of America that contained false data and…

CROSS-EXAMINATION EXPERIENCE OF CHILD WITNESSES Zajac, Irvine, Ingram and Jack indicated that cross-examination coerced child witnesses into indiscriminately changing their initial correct and incorrect responses. Their empirical evidence also suggested that cross-examination questioning is detrimental to the accuracy of child witnesses, and children with low assertiveness and low self-confidence are more adversely affected through being challenged about their credibility by cross-examiners.…