What is the doctrine of chances?

What will be an ideal response?


The doctrine of chances is an attempt to show the objective improbability of coincidences. The prosecution may use it to disprove the possibility that no criminal conduct has taken place or that the crime occurred as the result of an accident or a mistake.

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Prior to 1215 C.E. some serious criminal trials in Western Europe were decided by use of the __________________

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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Determining whether or not the shelling of an Israeli Kibbutz or the bombing of Hanoi is an act of international terrorism is unproductive debate because

a. whether or not they were terrorism, they had to happen. b. those events took place during a war. c. no one wants to talk about it anyway. d. the United Nations won't come up with a definition of terrorism so that we can classify it.

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The Sixth Amendment prohibits deliberately eliciting statements after counsel has been obtained.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which type of child molester has a sexual preference for children, focuses his or her sexual fantasies and erotic imagery on children, and engages in highly predictable sexual behavior?

A. Regressed child molesters B. Inadequate child molesters C. Preferential child molesters D. Sexually indiscriminate child molesters

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