a. Make a phone call: to a lawyer or relative or anyone
b. Ask to see a lawyer immediately: if you don’t have the money ask for a Duty Council
c. A Duty Council is a lawyer provided by the state
d. Talk to a lawyer before you talk to the police
e. Tell your lawyer if anyone hits you and identify who did so by name and number
f. Give no explanations excuses or stories: you can make your defense later in court based on what you and your lawyer decided
g. Ask the sub officer in charge of the station to grant bail once you are charged with an offence
h. Ask to be taken before a justice of The Peace immediately if the sub officer refuses you bail
i. Demand to be brought before a Resident Magistrate and have your lawyer ask the judge for bail
j. Ask that any property taken from you be listed and sealed in your presence
Cases of Assault:An assault is an apprehension that someone is about to hit you
The following may apply:
1) Call 119 or go to the station or the police arrives depending on the severity of the injuries
2) The report must be about the incident as it happened, once the report is admitted as evidence it becomes the basis for the trial
3) Critical evidence must be gathered as to the injuries received which may include a Doctor’s report of the injuries.
4) The description must be clearly stated; describing injuries directly and identifying them clearly, show the doctor the injuries clearly upon the visit it must be able to stand up under cross examination in court.
5) Misguided evidence threatens the credibility of the witness during a trial; avoid the questioning of the witnesses credibility, the tribunal of fact must be able to rely on the witness’s word in presenting evidence
6) The court is guided by credible evidence on which it will make it’s finding of facts
7) Bolster the credibility of a case by a report from an independent disinterested party.
2 comments:
Nice to hear your voice, again.
I was shocked to hear that people have been getting arrested over this issue in Jamaica.
The fashion is still popular with young black men in New York, and presumably, elsewhere, here in the U.S. - which is good, since, if done right, it looks very sexy.
Some cities have passed ordinances to try to ban the fashion; however, the laws have always been struck down by higher courts and are not enforced, as far as I know. To some extent, it has been seen as racially discriminatory to have laws which target black men, primarily.
The issue is not really one of indecent exposure, since you rarely see much naked flesh; rather, some people object to the sexual display inherent in showing off your underwear and ass.
As you point out, it's not really a gay issue, since a lot of straight guys do the same thing. On the other hand, it definitely has homoerotic undertones. The trend is supposed to have originated in prisons, where boys would keep their pants way down to show sexual availability. Noone really knows for sure. In Jamaica, you have hypersexuality colliding with a rather narrow view of public propriety (and a puritanical PM, in the case of Bruce Golding).
Next time I come to Jamaica, I shall be checking out the guys with the very tight jeans where nothing is hidden - and hope I don't get an angry mob running after me.
I fully agree with you Mr. H. This is ridiculous and not to be taken lightly. This is an infringement on peoples rights. Your right to attire is yours. What is someone decides that wearing a turban is inappropriate or wearing your hair coloured...this is absolute nonesense and just another smoke screen by this government to gain political mileage. Why not discuss the IMF and the fact that half of this hard earned money will be going to the banking sector and not to development, production or jobs. This is the world we live in now...but what are we doing about it. Does it even matter anymore? Well I say we have to let our voices be heard as this is our world that we are living in.
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