Legal Question in Criminal Law in Indiana

hi my name is mildred mohr and i would like to know if some one is acused of molesting a teenager but they have no evindes can they put that person in jail just by the teenager saying he did it


Asked on 10/12/09, 5:00 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Jay Rigdon Rockhill Pinnick LLP

Yes. There are many people in jail today just on the word of one person,. Sworn testimony is "evidence", even though it may not be the scientific or forensic evidence you think of from television.

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Answered on 10/12/09, 5:13 pm


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