ECE1065 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cytosine, Morris Fish, Adenine
23 Mar 2016
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Big problem when they are not giving all of the information. When people intentionally lie to you, they can be charged with public mischief (cc sec. Credibility honestly, trustworthiness, no reason to lie. Credibility of witnesses is assessed during the investigation phase. Credibility is tested again during court proceedings in front of the judge and jury. Marguart (1993) credibility is an opinion as the court said. Emotions may be deceiving , focus of the analysis of the facts in issue. None of these have been completed for credibility; therefore determining credibility is not scientific. Two types of opinions about witness credibility: strong (witness"s report believed, weak (or no credibility)(witnesses report not believed. Do not want to go to court/ miss work. They do not want to look stupid (during cross examination) They like the person who had committed the crime. Adversarial contact had a bad experience with an officer.
