Forensic evidence

1. The individuals I believe that ought to be interviewed for this investigation are Mr. McBride, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. McBride’s co-workers, and the forensic expert(s) who examined the evidence. Mr. McBride is innocent till proving guilty of taking “Product X” from Greenwood and his statement should be gathered accordingly. Mr. Jenkins statement would also need to be gathered to collect information as to how he came to believe Mr. McBride potentially stole the information and what the consequences…

Physical Evidence One of the main types of physical evidence is that of our fingerprints. We carry around our own unique maps of swirls and ridges on our fingertips, thus enabling judges and juries to use fingerprints in deciding our innocence and guilt in a court of law (Sealey, 2016). Fingerprints are the most incriminating type of evidence that can be used in a criminal case. Fingerprints are one of the most reliable forms of identification, because no two people have the same…

When judging the innocence of those accused during a criminal justice trial, do you focus on the forensic science aspects of the hearing? Do you understand what the forensic expert is dictating, or do you simply nod along as they explain what they believe the evidence signifies? Used with the intention to correlate criminal investigations and scientific techniques, forensics became a division of science that specializes in analyzing criminal cases. It has a wide range of disciplines, expanding…

In my class we read a short story. It was about evidence, forensic evidence. Forensic evidence, is the best evidence to present a trial. Especially in front of the jury, and the judge. The investigators use forensic evidence to find a suspect or an eye witness. This story is called, “Forensic Science: Evidence, clues, and investigation.” By Andrea Campbell. I’m going to tell you a little bit about Forensic evidence. Forensic evidence is what ties the case into a clear mental picture of…

Forensic dramas have been drawing in millions of viewers every night by mixing drama, murder, and sometimes romance and comedy. Television shows such as the CSI series, Law and Order, Bones, NCIS, and Castle allow viewers to be immersed into crime, and feel as though they are a part of solving a burglary, rape, or murder. However, over the years, these programs have come together to form what criminal justice professionals are calling the “CSI Effect”. According to an article written by…

Introduction: Forensic science is the application of various scientific techniques and methods to investigate the physical Crime evidence. Forensic science links the Suspect, victim to crime scene, and link victim to suspect and suspect to victim. To determine the relevance of the evidence, number of different techniques are being used. This evidence is than presented in court of law in order to determine the innocence or guilt of a suspect. Different type of cases are encountered like rape,…

The world of forensic science is full of ever developing technology. Analyzing forensic evidence involves using fingerprints, hair samples, blood, footprints, bite marks, and other sources of material to help identify someone. Every small piece of evidence found at a crime scene can be crucial — leaving the slightest trace of saliva or skin cells can be what convicts a person. Few people know the importance of forensic science more than Steven Avery. In Making A Murderer, the ten part…

The integration of forensic evidence into the criminal justice system has historically been regarded as an exceptional and a positive influence. However, recent cases have shed a new light which reports forensic evidence and forensic testimonies as corrupted. Many forensic disciplines, such as those analyzing impression marks and items like hair and fiber, the testing methods used for these analysis have been applied with very limited proof as to how effective is the reliability of the above…

death who knows they are innocent would welcome the idea of an independent agency validating the forensic evidence by testing it again. Thanks to the power of DNA evidence, media coverage and the innocence project movement, there is awareness that wrongful convictions occur. Evidence does get contaminated, even though in all cases evidence should be properly retained and easily retrieved. Forensic analyst makes mistakes that could result in improper and invalidated results which are the…

identify all of the unknown victims, if they are unknown. When police have enough evidence they check the National Crime Information Center for possible victims (Jackson #). Part of this evidence they find might be the victim's body; when police find a body the first thing they do is have it sent to the lab to have an autopsy (Owen #). When the body is older and only has left-over bones, the first thing the forensic anthropologist will do when they are looking at the skeleton is identify if…