December 7, 2016

S-54 Tips for Young Lawyers : A logical fallacy which is often followed in Criminal Law

This logical fallacy is known as Post Hoc fallacy.  The argument here is "This happened immediately after A happened, and therefore A must have caused it".

In criminal law, this known as "Last seen togather" theory. A and B were last seen going towards a garden. Then dead body of B was found. So A must have murdered B.

This is how this theory works. If A fails to satisfactory prove what happened, he is convicted.

Logically, this is a fallacious argument based on Post Hoc fallacy.

Haresh Raichura 7/12/16