uncorroborated evidence

The report ended with the defence telling the jury it would be very dangerous to record a conviction on the uncorroborated evidence of the girl.

The judge, moreover, will warn the jury of the danger of accepting her uncorroborated evidence.

Legislative leaders said it was unlikely that restrictions would be loosened on uncorroborated evidence from accomplices.

The Act also provides that "No person shall be convicted of treason on the uncorroborated evidence of one witness."

This was often to be a disturbing element in many of the subsequent trials when children's uncorroborated evidence sent many to prison and to the gallows.

Meehan was convicted based largely on the uncorroborated evidence of the informer whose evidence was described by the judge as "poor quality".

Those listed as references are mostly broken url links along with uncorroborated evidence from individuals bloggers such as Abdi Omar.

Bret is worried that your uncorroborated evidence, about a confused exchange of shots on a dark night, is the only thing they have to say that Tessa Kosinski is dead.

Other evidence indicated that Pere had been present when several murders of colonists took place, although no uncorroborated evidence was presented that Pere had actually committed or condoned the crime.

"Part of the homeland defense is active and strong communications so that governors and/or local authorities can harden targets, respond to uncorroborated evidence and to protect their people," Mr. Bush said in a Rose Garden appearance.

Although the DUP condemned the use of uncorroborated evidence in the 'supergrass' trials, it was Seawright who went to the court day after day to offer sympathy for the families of loyalist prisoners.

This will be achieved by abolishing the court warning against uncorroborated evidence, widening the definition of rape within marriage, and using video-links so the accuser need not face the accused, an attack on the fundamental principles of jurisprudence.

The "cautionary rule" is a law that requires that a judge must show awareness to special dangers on relying on uncorroborated evidence of a complainant, lowering this rate and making victims of sexual violence feel as if the court will deem them untrustworthy.

The group, which includes a barrister, a law professor and representatives of the police and social services, also suggests that in rape and other sexual assault cases, judges should no longer be required to direct the jury about the danger of convicting the accused on the uncorroborated evidence of the alleged victim.