Does anyone know any famous cases that involved sentencing based just on the testimony of eyewitnesses?
2007-01-21 02:06:03 · 5 answers · asked by Belle 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
yes but i can't think for the life of me what it was called, a rape case where the man who received the death penalty was actually later found to be incapable of rape, he had an extra x chromosome or something and was permanently impotent, try googling it
2007-01-21 02:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by stephizzal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hurricane Bob Dylan wrote and performed a ballad about The Hurricane It is the story of Rubin Carter. In 1966 faulty evidence and questionable eye-witness testimony to an unfair trial.Carter was found guilty.
2007-01-21 02:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident, this occurs for all time. on an identical time as progressively greater different forensic info is enjoying a greater physically powerful place, eyewitness testimony continues to be in simple terms as important as different info. and there is not any explanation why somebody can't be convicted based fullyyt on witness testimony.
2016-12-12 16:43:48 · answer #3 · answered by picart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eyewitness testimony can be shaky without pictorial substantiation; how close to the act does an eyewitness need to be to qualify as such?
2007-01-21 02:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by Modern Major General 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"JUST the testimony of EYEWITNESSES"???
Ah.....every case ever tried before the advent of fingerprint and other "scientific" analyses.
2007-01-21 06:19:57 · answer #5 · answered by jack_98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋