do witnesses have a choice?
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Cobrien is right.  Once subpoenaed, witnesses must appear or they are disobeying a court order.\n\nUnfortunately for the witness, it is part of the duty of living in a civilized society.  Like taxes, you need to pay for the benefit you don't even realize you have.  Just imagine if someday you needed someone to testify in order for you to win your case (especially a criminal case, where your freedom is at stake) and they would not appear because they didn't want to take the day off work.\n\nNo, witnesses don't have a choice.  Thank goodness.
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A combination of both.\n\n1. We are free to choose, at any given instance and depending on our degree of conscious awareness of our actions and overall motivations, any action possible.\n\n2. There are only a given number of possibilities. I am not able to pick up a cup - with my hand - that is 2000 miles away from me.  This is similar to the way that predestination works - God knows what I will do because he knows my heart, my potential, and my capabilities at any given instant.\n\n~ There is no discrepancy between the two if you realize that God operates outside our conventional viewpoint regarding time.  All things that have occured since the beginning of TIME until the end of TIME (the discussion of what this entails is quite complicated and another matter entirely) are within the scope of God's apprehension and understanding.
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It depends!! A couple of questions need to be asked.\n\n(a) are the witness statements provided as evidence for the prosecution? If so they are subject to disclosure to the defence; or are they witness statements for the defence??;\n\n(b) has there been consent by the witness for release of the statement? (i.e. if it is my witness statement and I want to send it to the press, that is my right);\n\n(c)The other clarification that is required, it released to whom? Are we talking about public release without consent or release to the defence with a prohibition on public release?; and \n\n(d) what jurisdiction are you in?? (i.e. the laws of release change in difference countries, states, provinces, etc).
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Witness does not have to be spoken.  For example, Abel, a character in the Bible who doesn't even have a speaking part, is listed among the prophets whose blood was shed in witnessing to God's truth. The courageous demeanour of the early Christians when thrown to the lions was a cogent act of witness and indeed the word "martyr" comes from the Greek word for "witness".  \n\nSoul-winning, on the contrary, normally requires words.  It is a spiritual gift: And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ."  (Ephesians 4 11-12).  People with this gift are not themselves doing the soul winning.  They are simply instruments of the Holy Spirit and using their gift in His service.\n\nA witness on a stand in court is required to speak the truth and so is the Christian.  But there the analogy ends.  The witness in court simply answers questions to the best of his ability.  The Christian is allowed to volunteer information, although in witnessing and evangelising he should not act in his own strength, but be guided by the Spirit if he is going to carry out these tasks effectively.
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it's not that they aren't trusted exactly, they are just considered more unreliable than other witnesses.  they can be easilly coached by parents or their descriptions of events may not always be based in reality (which in my opinion is a problem most adults have as well)
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Usually I do, but if you have any doubts by all means go for a second opinion. I work for a doctor and we have seen patients that have actually gone for 3rd opinions because the first two didn't agree.
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The trial is the time to try the facts.  If you wanted the other witnesses to testify on your behalf, they should have been at your trial.  Appeals are only for rulings of how the law was applied - they aren't to introduce new witnesses.\n\nYou're screwed.  Just be glad it's just a misdemeanor.
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Pretty good, except that 'get a witness' line. Work on that.
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Heaven, who would pick differently
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witnesses and plaintiff's medical expert.
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that's the defendant's choice.\n\nThe defendant is the ONLY person who can make that determination (this rule applies ONLY for felonies).
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Depends.  A lot of people are raised to be of a certain faith.  These people often don't question what they are taught.  In that way, it isn't a real choice because they just believe what their parents/church told them to believe.  However, it becomes a choice if the individual thinks about what they believe - accept or reject certain aspects of different religions and make a decision to follow or not.
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Neither.\nThey make a choice, it's all about free will.\nPlain and simple.\n\n(Thanks for the comments... have a nice day!)
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Do You want evidence?\n\nOr a simple answer?\n\nEphesians 4:5
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All people will have the opportunity to choose.\n\nInterestingly enough the NT talks of baptism for the dead.\n\nsee 1 Cor chapter 15\n29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead crise not at all? why are they then baptized for the ddead?\n\ndo any religons believe in doing this? I know only of one
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When a person wants to give their opinion of any book, they have to read it first. Have you read the Bible? People say it contradicts itself; have they read it through in context? Have you read all of those other 'Holy Books' that you mentioned? In any court case, the evidence has to be analyzed and proof given to support each \n'allegation'. You need to read and study the Bible for yourself. Ask any one of Jehovah's Witnesses that you come in contact with to show you from your own Bible that it is God's word. Like expert witnesses in a court case, we have studied the Bible, researched history and have made our lives over to preach to the 'entire inhabited earth' as Jesus commanded, about God's Kingdom that is to return the earth to the Paradise that Adam an Eve lost.
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I think your problem would be getting witnesses.