After reviewing all the evidence I have come to the conclusion that Matthew Maloy Murdered Robert Burlington. I have come to this conclusion using entomology and through the use of fingerprint, blood, tire track, and hair analysis. The fingerprint tests´ showed us that the only people who touched the bloody tire iron were Nicole Burlington and Matthew Maloy. Nicole Burlington is the spouse of the victim so her touching the item is reasonable but Matthew Maloy touching it is strange especially because we later learned Matthew Maloy shares the same blood type found on the tire iron meaning this was possibly the murder weapon.…
Case Study Template **These are only guidelines and will vary case by case Title: US. vs Byron Mitchell What: Byron’s fingerprints were found on a getaway car used after an armed robbery. The fingerprints were later proven invalid.…
In 1999, two teenagers lost their lives, except one is still alive and behind bars. Adnan Musud Syed was convicted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Adnan’s story is told on a podcast called ‘Serial’ and hosted by Sarah Koenig and partner Julie Snyder. Hae Min Lee was a 17 year old girl in high school that went missing on January 13th 1999. Heads turned immediately to her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed.…
The case of Brandon Mayfield is widely known amongst people who have a deep interest in wrongful convictions. Mayfield is an American Muslim who was wrongfully accused of the bombing that occurred in Madrid back in 2004. In this case, the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation, commonly known as the FBI, "identified" Mayfield's fingerprint from a bag that contained denoting devices. Despite the fingerprint not being Mayfield's, multiple FBI examiners matched the fingerprints in the bag to Mayfield's.…
I believe that sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is not guilty of the homicide. The night of the convenience store robbery, Steve found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time which put him in the situation he is in now. The defendant Steve should be considered not guilty because there wasn’t enough evidence of any to accuse him of being at the crime when it happened. In the hearing, we all know the stories and testimonies that occurred that day and who was supposedly involved but they never mentioned Steve’s name at the scene. For example, on page 32, a witness named Jose Delagdo states, “I didn’t take inventory right away, I just noticed.…
D. Fingerprinting is an impression or mark made on the surface by a person's finger tip. It is used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of whorals and lines. This fingerprinting is valuable to detectives case because the detective who has the mystery case, where a person was murdered would use fingerprinting. You would use fingerprinting to track down the murder and the bystander.…
The Holloway’s wanted their daughter back safe, the reward for her safe return had increased from $200,000 to $1,000,000. If any information given helped in the findings of Natalee they would reward with $100,000. Another suspect came about on August 26, Freddy Arambatzis, 21- year- old Arambatzis was suspected of capturing photographs of underage girls. This ended up having nothing to do with Holloway’s disappearance but it showed the involvement that he had with other girls. It also showed that Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers had involvement in previous encounters.…
Frank Lucas claims the events that caused him to turn to his life of crime was watching his cousin be brutally murdered by the Klu Klux Klan. However, it wasn't really until a heated fight with his boss sparked a criminal way of thinking in him did he start his empire. To become one of Harlem’s most notorious dealers, Lucas had to pull some very dangerous and risky schemes to fight his way to the top. These eventually landing the man in jail for what should have seventy years. Frank Lucas was born on September 9, 1930 in North Carolina to a family of farmers (HIT LIST)…
Through emotional, logical, and moralistic reasoning Steve's innocence will be proven and brought to the eyes of the jury. Steve is not like King or Bobo; he goes to school and is even interested in something that…
To begin with, one of the YCJA s main aspect is to focus on reducing the overall youth cases by giving consequences that apply to the specific crime. Since the YCJA was put into action in 2003, it has been trying to prevent youths to just be thrown into jail. I think that sometimes jail even worsens the condition of the youth more than it improves it. Statistics Canada shows that from 1991 to 2014, completed guilty custody cases has declined from 30 percent to what is 15 percent now. But what is more interesting is when they YCJA came out in 2003, since then the amount of deferred custody and supervision cases increased, but stayed limited.…
Define circumstantial evidence. What circumstantial evidence might be presented at a murder trial to sufficiently establish the corpus delicti in a "no body" case? What risk does the prosecutor take by pursuing the charge before the victim's body is located? Circumstantil evdence might be something like: X saw you at the club right before Y went missing, and X also knew you had it out with Y the day before.…
Americans today live in a country overflowing with more prisoners than ever, yet crime has been dropping since the late twentieth century. In fact, from 1980 to 2008, the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled from about 500,000 to 2.3 million people (Criminal 1). There are several factors contributing to this problem. In recent years, America has taken new approaches to crime, such as the “War On Drugs” and the “Three Strikes” law. These approaches have drastically increased the prison population, to the point that 1 in 31 adults, or 3.2% of the population, will spend some time in prison in their lifetime (ibid).…
When a finger comes into contact with a porous or non-porous surface, it deposits the dirt or oils present, remaining as a mark (Fingerprint Source Book, 2013). A latent mark is unique to the individual and is an affirmative source of identifying a potential suspect or witness. They also are invisible to the naked eye. Identifying a latent mark at varied crime scenes can be done using different developmental techniques such as wet powder suspensions (Dhall and Kapoor, 2016). These potential marks are then lifted and sent on for further analysis.…
Why people commit crime can be a very thought question, and maybe impossible to answer without some concepts. “Theories are devised to explain how a number of different correlates may actually be causally related to criminal behavior rather than simply associated with it." Anthony, W. (2012) Criminology, page 13. Theories of Crime brought lights on a various causes and reasons for crime such as poor parental, birth on financial hardship, and birth defects. Other reasons provided are genetic, psychological, and environmental; example, a mother on drugs and father’s cell compromised by drug use, lack of food, hunger, poor education, and all of these negatives things can influence someone to commit crimes.…
Introduction “He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it”, a quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca that helps describe how society views and “prevents” crime. Criminal theories attempt to construct views on how to prevent and fight crime but often the criminal justice system is working against society. The two theories that are explained within are the social learning theory and rational choice theory. These theories will construct views as to how and why the seven crimes are committed using the concepts within the theories.…