Intelligence as evidence in criminal proceedings

The place of the Principle of Proceedings within a reasonable time in the criminal proceedings

Observing a reasonable deadline throughout the criminal investigation process, as one of the most fundamental defensive rights of the accused, emphasizes the importance of reasonable expediting in the process of proceedings in a high degree of accuracy, which considers necessary for the fair trial and the desired outcome of criminal proceedings. Delivering justice within a reasonable time is on...

The use of neuroscientific evidence in Canadian criminal proceedings

This article addresses the question of how neuroscientific evidence is currently used in the Canadian criminal justice system, with a view to identifying the main contexts in which this evidence is raised, as well as to discern the impact of this evidence on judgements of responsibility, dangerousness, and treatability. The most general Canadian legal database was searched for cases in the five...

Evidence of Character in Civil and Criminal Proceedings

Luminous lip-prints as criminal evidence.

Luminescence is specially a useful property for the search of invisible evidences at the scene of a crime. In the latent fingerprints particular case, there are at one's disposal fluorescent reagents for their localization. The study of latent lip prints (that is lip prints from protective lipstick, or permanent or long-lasting lipstick that do not leave any visible marks) is more recent than f...

Pathology of Fulfillment of Offenders' Corrective-Therapeutic Goals through Personality Records (Personality File) in Criminal Proceedings

One of the important innovations of the 1392 criminal Procedure Code (Reformed in 1394) is the recognition of a person's case file; the implementation of which in the criminal prosecution process reveals the deep link between law and medical science. Looking at the legal material in the case file, one can conclude that the purpose of the victim's correction and treatment, especially in the proc...