On May 9, 1:05 pm, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In aus.bicycle on Thu, 8 May 2008 20:02:08 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Donga <idomybestworkonab...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On May 9, 12:44 pm, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> I'd say the semi trailer driver would be a useful independent
witness.
>
> >> Zebee
>
> > I'd say the 6-15 cyclists, all sentient beings, would be sufficient
> > for the average magistrate.
>
> AS people involved, their evidence is not as trustworthy as those who
> are not.
>
> Not because they would deliberately lie, but because eyewitness
> evidence is inherently difficult, involved (meaning shook up, angry)
> witnesses are more so, witnesses who have ivolvement with others and
> therefore may have had their recollection tainted by stories are also
> difficult. There's a lot of research on that latter, in that most
> people remember a memory not an incident, and that memory can be
> changed by what others say.
>
> Zebee
>
> Zebee
Is that a legal opinion? My son was assaulted and the offender was
convicted on the basis of my son's testimony, plus the three other
bogans in the car with the offender. None too independent. Even rape
convictions can be secured on the basis of the testimony of the raped
person these days.
Donga
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