The Federal Rules of Evidence - Part 1

1993 Federal Judicial Center gov.ntis.ava19481vnb2.1 1722-V/93 Federal Judicial Center - The program is a part of a video orientation series for district judges in the federal courts. Newly appointed district judges attend a week-long video orientation seminar at which they view programs on different aspects of their new duties, ranging from civil and criminal pretrial and trial procedures to the nuts and bolts of utilizing support staff. In this part of the series, Judge James H. Hancock of the Northern District of Alabama updates his classic 1982 program on the federal rules of evidence. He discusses everything from judicial notice to relevance, hearsay and authentication. The main point of his message; the rules of evidence are common sense rules embodying principles the judges already know or will easily understand once they review them. The update concentrates on rules 404b (other crimes - evidence), 609 (use of prior convictions on cross-examination), and 701-706 (use of expert witnesses).

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[darris321]

@visionary800 that's not the justice systems fault, that's the legislative and executive branches all the way. No one goes to court until they have been arrested and they won't be put into jail unless there's a specific law they have broken.

You can also blame the supreme court, a little bit. They have continually made decisions that take more rights away, however, remember that the supreme court is staffed by presidential appointment and senate approval.

[visionary800]

I agree that the legal system is fraud that too many people rely on to resolve issues that in other countries are resolved with little complications. Too much emphasis is on relying on the Legal system to resolve issue mostly so that political agendas can manifest in every decision. There is no doubt that the U.S. criminal justice system is the most unjust in the world, thus why there are so many incarcerated - mostly the undesirables are imprisoned for no other reason than undesirability.

[vincent15641]

@visionary800 Compare your statement with the case presented in the Aimed At America 4 video. This country has a history of only enforcing the laws against those it does not like, while ignoring the laws in their favor.

Selective enforcement of law!

[visionary800]

The legal system lacks true objectivity and is based mostly on discretionary decisions of Federal Judges appointed by politicians to advance politics. The legal system needs to strive to eliminate judicial discretion where politics and prejudice can manifest while being concealed for untrue statements that it is for some public good.