Introduction
The main aim of any court procedure is to achieve justice. This process is very long and complicated, because lots of aspects should be taken into consideration. Evidences, witnesses, different supportive documents are the main aspects of the court trial. All these issues are taken into consideration while providing the decision. Witnesses are the main “parts” of every court procedure. The whole case are often built on the eyewitness evidence and his/her criminal identification. To find the eyewitness should be the main consideration of court procedure participants.
Main Text
Eyewitness is the person who saw the crime and is ready to tell this in the courtroom. Eyewitnesses are the most important people in the court case as very often their words are the main accusing arguments. At the same time eyewitnesses should be checked very carefully in order to understand whether people say truth or lie. Eyewitnesses may be false, in this case people are asked to give wrong evidences in order to blacken the accused person, or, vice versa, to prove his/her innocence. Such practice becomes usual, so great attention should be given to eyewitnesses choice.
Witnesses are responsible for their evidences, and wittingly wrong evidences are always punished. Witnesses are responsible before the law for their words, moreover all evidences are checked carefully, so liars are sure to be brought out into the open. Eyewitnesses’ task is to remember all details of what they saw and to tell it in the court room. That is all. Eyewitness should not analyze or interpret what he/she saw, it is the judges’ task.
There are cases when innocent people are taken in jail only because eyewitness has identified him/her. The situation appears when the word of the eyewitness comes across with accused one. The absence of the alibi of accused person may lead to some unpleasant circumstances such as his/her imprisonment. Eyewitnesses’ words still continue to be very influential, even paying attention to the fact that it is impossible to check eyewitnesses’ words in some cases. Judges still continue to believe them knowing the statistics.
There are a lot of ways to check whether witness tells truth or lies. Very simple questions may put the false eyewitness in difficult situation. Judges should be very skeptical about people’s evidences as we all are people and in some cases people may be wrong. The main idea is not to refuse from eyewitnesses and their evidences, but to be more careful in the eyewitness choice.
A lot of procedures and experiments are created in order to define whether eyewitness lies or not. These actions appear to be rather effective. Psychological tests and polygraphs are also some methodologies which help to identify whether person lies or not. All these actions must be provided as court procedure’s aim is to maintain justice in the case.
Conclusion
In conclusion, eyewitnesses’ evidences are very important during the court procedure, but judges should be very careful with these evidences and to check them carefully. Eyewitnesses may mistake by chance when equality of people frustrates them or when memory is not so strong as it should have be. There are cases when eyewitnesses give wrong evidences especially. In this case we are talking about premeditated slander. Such actions may be reasons for imprisonment, as eyewitnesses are responsible before the law for their words, which were said in the courtroom.