it’s not true that it needs an admission from the liar to prove a lie. If that were true, there would be very few fraud convictions. And since most crimes require proof of intent, hardly any could be prosecuted given the accused could claim there was no intent.
The courts have always applied the observation that the state of someone’s mind can be inferred just as much as the state of his or her stomach.
This isn’t even a rarified legal concept. In every day life, we have to sort out lies and truth. Cheating partners and lying kids are hardly unknown in life.
The courts have always applied the observation that the state of someone’s mind can be inferred just as much as the state of his or her stomach.
This isn’t even a rarified legal concept. In every day life, we have to sort out lies and truth. Cheating partners and lying kids are hardly unknown in life.