Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer Clients From Case Vulnerabilities

By Author: Kevin Douglas
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In legal circles, the phenomenon of taking a distorted view of evidence is known as tunnel vision. It can affect everyone implicated in a domestic assault case including victims, police, lawyers and judges.

Domestic assault is so common that investigators can be prone to making easy assumptions that disadvantage an individual facing a Domestic Assault Charge.

In legal circles, the phenomenon of taking a distorted view of evidence is known as tunnel vision. It can affect everyone implicated in a domestic assault case including victims, police, lawyers and judges.

Tunnel vision describes a single-minded focus on a particular prosecutorial theory that can unreasonably influence an individual receiving information. This bias can subsequently influence the people to whom the information is then passed. The problem is compounded further by the institutional pressure often placed on police to solve crimes as well as the pressure prosecutors are sometimes under to win cases.

Through this pattern, the chances of a wrongful conviction ...
... exponentially increase. To avoid being vulnerable to a wrongful conviction, individuals facing a domestic assault charge would do well to hire a Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer. A lawyer will help ensure that his or her client is treated fairly; that evidence gathered by police is scrupulously evaluated and assessed to meet evidentiary rules of admissibility. Further, a lawyer will ensure that a client is not subject to mistreatment by a prosecutor who is over-reaching to obtain a conviction.

A good defence lawyer will keep an eye out to see if the prosecutor handling the case is showing any inclination toward tunnel vision. A prosecutors’ vulnerability to tunnel vision can be amplified by systemic factors such as pubic pressure, weak circumstantial or questionable evidence, and/or a close association between the legal and police teams working the case.

A skilled defence lawyer will also keep a close eye out for corruption. Corruption tends to occur in instances where police are convinced they have identified the perpetrator of a crime and are then tempted to use dubious investigative practices to achieve their ends.

Author Bio:
The author of this article is affiliated with Kostman & Pyzer Barristers Toronto Criminal Lawyers, a criminal defence law firm serving clients in the Greater Toronto area and elsewhere in the province of Ontario.For more information visit: www.torontodefencelawyers.com