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The dying declarations of a murder victim cannot be the sole basis for conviction of the accused "in cases where suspicion... is raised as regards the correctness (of the statement)", the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
Decades ago, it was not unusual to find a police detective by the bedside of a woman about to die from a failed abortion. Coroners reports from that era provide a window into a story that one historian says repeats itself wherever women are denied access to safe abortions.
Judge who hears evidence by the prosecutor of what they want the jury to hear. then the judge determines whether the jury should hear that under the rules of law or should not. in this particular case regarding the statements there are certain statements that his ex-wifes, one is deceased and one is missing, made regarding threats he made to them. typically, jon, those statements would not be admissible unless they're what is called dying declarations. so as the individual, one of his wives are dying and ambulance worker there, she says drew shot me or drew stabbed me, that would be admissible...