police testimony

Is A Statement Enough To Convict?

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Is A Statement Enough To Convict? A general criminal law principle known as the corpus delicti rule provides that a confession, standing alone, isn’t enough for a conviction. Is victim’s testimony enough to convict? Can I be convicted if the only evidence is the word of one person? Unfortunately, the answer is yes, if the

Is DNA Alone Enough To Convict?

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Is DNA Alone Enough To Convict? It is argued that evidence of a DNA match may make out a case to answer but, so long as that DNA evidence also recognises the possibility of an innocent random match, the jury cannot convict unless satisfied, following consideration of other evidence necessarily before it, that the innocent