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As most everyone knows, California is currently experiencing a severe drought; but, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so is “over 36 percent of the continental U.S.” not to mention that “a fifth of the world’s [population], [that is,] more than 1.2 billion [people], live in areas of physical water scarcity.” Living in the United States, it can be easy to disregard a drought and the importance of water conservation because we always manage to obtain the water necessary to supply…

DNA Fingerprinting Introduction Background: DNA fingerprinting is one of the great discoveries of the late 20th century,that has revolutionized forensic investigations. (Roewer 2013) The complete DNA of each individual is unique, with the exception of identical twins. It is this difference that can be used by forensic scientists to match specimens of blood , tissue, or hair follicles to an individual with a high level of certainty. A DNA fingerprint, therefore, is a DNA pattern that has a…

The Use of DNA Testing Problems are a part of everyday life; some are just bigger than others. Problems within the judicial system are very important issues to be covered. There is a reason that this is a problem and many proposed solutions. DNA testing needs to be used in the judicial system to help eliminate wrongfully convicted citizens. DNA evidence is not used enough in trials. This is a problem because states have the technology and resources available to them and still conviction…

Hello I am Michelle Torres a well-known forensic scientist, and I am here to prove that Bob last week murdered Lisa in her own home. I have the evidence to properly prove that my accusation is correct. Hair evidence is very important, it is a timeline that holds a lot of information about a person, like drug use, locations, and dietary information. Analysts are able to tell if individual hairs are human or animal. In our case we are working with human hair, human hair can be tested to…

Firearms team, the coroner, and the trace evidence team that deals with fingerprinting, impressions, etc. These teams used scientific knowledge and or tools to prove that the evidence did or did not put Bryan Bridges at the scene of the crime and that he did or did not commit the murder. In this case they all found that he was guilty and therefore the court can trust that he is guilty and convict Bridges. Bryan Bridges is a Hispanic/Caucasian male who stands at 5’07” and 170 pounds. His date of…

Forensic DNA is the process of using and collecting DNA from crime scenes to solve criminal investigations and to ensure accuracy and fairness in the Criminal Justice System. DNA profiling has grown significantly in the past years and has been extremely useful in identifying suspects, criminals and other people involved in the crime. If the suspect is unidentifiable, DNA evidence is compared to a DNA database to identify the criminal. DNA testing has both advantages and disadvantages many of…

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) itself and explains that every cell in an individual 's body, with the exception of red blood cells and eggs or sperm, contains the full genetic program for that individual in its DNA. Then, it goes on to talk about the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and how it blends computer and DNA technologies into an effective tool for comparing DNA profiles. This article is part of the Forensic Science Programme in the school of health sciences which make the article…

This use of the Frye standard determines if the evidence or scientific testimony is generally acceptable in the scientific community. The Frye standard was used to prove that the peoples motion to use the scientific testimony for the lab tests conducted from the samples taking from the defendants watch was not admissible because of the unaccepted methods used by the scientists who had conducted the Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid test. This use of the Frye standard in the court case allowed the…

While anthropology is a scientific study of all aspects of human development and interaction, forensic anthropology studies identifying characteristics on the remains of an individual. In other words, anthropology focuses more on culture while forensic anthropology focuses on bones. Analysis of someone’s bones can help in determining the sex, race, age, stature, injuries, and time of death. These factors can link a suspect to a crime and reveal what happened to a person before death (antemortem)…

Evaluation of the Methods Used The three main forensic methods used in this case are forensic hair analysis, forensic fibre analysis and forensic DNA analysis. The forensic hair analysis in this case was not accurate or adequate to convict Guy. Guy was convicted because supposedly the hairs that were found on Christine matched his. However, this was not accurate as hair evidence cannot be used for identification purposes. It can only be used as corroboration to strengthen a case. The…