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Chain of custody is defined by Saferstein (2015), as a list of all the people who have handled or examined the piece of evidence. The chain of custody refers to the chronological documentation, that shows the names of the people who have examined or handled the evidence (Saferstein, 2015). According to Saferstein (2015), obeying the standard procedures of evidence treatment and examination, it can promise that the evidence can endure any questioning by the defence in a courtroom. Houck & Siegel…

Document Analysis of Anne Hutchinson’s Trial Puritans during the 17th century faced high amounts of prejudice and oppression. When it came to the religious views of Puritans, many were judged for their beliefs and practices. Fellow Christian religions contradicted the perspectives of the Puritans. “Legal” preachers of the time taught that only strong morals and good deeds were the only grounds for salvation. Radical Puritan, Anne Hutchinson contributed to the rivalry of her fellow Puritans and…

Willingham had confessed to him” (Case summary section, para. 2). He was later sentenced to death. Years later, his attorneys sent a report from a nationally recognized arson expert, stating that the conviction was based on false forensic analysis. “Documents obtained by the Innocence Project show that state officials received the report but apparently did not act on it” (Innocence Project case summary section, para. 3). Not long after, Willingham was executed by lethal injection. Due to this,…

Name: Date: Document Analysis Worksheet 1. Title of the document: Answer: Senator Joseph McCarthy Describes the Internal Communist Menace, 1950 2. Date(s) the document was originally produced: Answer: This document was originally produced around 1950. 3. Author of this document: Answer: Actually this was a speech which was delivered by Joseph McCarthy; so author of this document is Joseph McCarthy. 4. Type of document: Answer: It is a speech which was given by Joseph McCarthy. 5. Is this…

The Crucible Arthur Miller A Document Analysis Introduction: The play is set in the small Massachusetts village of Salem early in the year 1692. A group of people who grew dissatisfied in the Church of England were called Puritans. These puritans have worked moral, religious and societal reforms. They highly believed in the black and white lines of good and evil and they populated Salem. In exceedingly pious Puritan New England, a collection of girls fell indisposed. Extraordinary or…

Confucianism and Daoism: Comparing Primary Documents Based on the tenants each religious philosophy, Documents A and D represent the Confucian tradition and Documents B and C represent the Taoist tradition. Both traditions set forth major principles for living as an individual and within the community. Major topics include punishment, weapons, conflict, leading, virtue, and crime. Each respective set of principles seeks to make the world virtuous by its own standards. Confucianism reflects the…

The Youth Division of the South East NAACP document plans and maps out the future of the Lunch Counter Sit-Ins and Desegregation. The 1960 Youth Division Primary Documents highlight student arrests, demonstrations held by the students in the South Eastern Region, conferences, and plans of action. The document is significant due to it being a written record of what happened and how the Youth Lunch Counter Sit-Ins were formed and organized. The documents are important to let other college…

Are the Founding Documents Still Relevant? Thomas Paine once said that, “We have it in our power to begin the world over again”. As one of the Founding Fathers of the nation, Paine advocated for independence from the British by writing a pamphlet know as “ Common Sense” to the thirteen colonies in 1776. Great Britain held power over the United States from 1607 until 1776 because of their powerful government and military. The commonly known document, “The Declaration of Independence” was an…

The term "forensic" means "in open court"(vocabulary.com). Forensics is a broad array of sciences used for both legal and criminal purposes. Help to solve crimes using analysis of physical evidence compared with evidence with suspects. A Forensic science technician or also known as, forensic scientist, crime scene investigator, or Criminalist, is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and preserving physical evidence to aid in investigations. The contributions they make to today's world can seem…

Evidence Interpretation Over the years, there have been several cases that have been resolved with a false guilty plea or cases where a guilty party was not convicted of a crime. There are various elements that play a role in solving cases; evidence is a one of these key elements. Many factors can determine if the evidence submitted before a court of law is accurate such as how the evidence is collected, if proper protocell was followed before the laboratory’s handling of the evidence, and if…