Suspect

amendment, officers need a probable cause to justify the search of someone’s home and other property. To establish probable cause, officers need factual evidence that leads them to believe that the suspect has committed a crime. Without probable cause, a search warrant cannot be obtained. Since the suspect in question has been arrested and interrogated, probable cause has been established, and a search is warranted. The suspect’s laptop is confiscated and brought to the investigation department…

Police lineups are performed everyday, but do the right suspects always get picked? Witnesses rely their memories involving the suspect, like what was their eye color, hair color, how tall or short where they, how much they weigh, and was it a male or female. Sometimes these memories do not always benefit the witness during their decision making. A police lineup is going to be made of one suspect, and many others not involved in the case. There are three different types of lineups used in this…

With Eyewitnesses being wrong for as many as one in every four, they are still considered one of the primary pieces of evidence against a suspect. An Eyewitness in court Identifying a possible suspect is one of the most strongest pieces of evidence to convince a jury. The only thing that can convince a jury more then an individual actually pointing out a suspect saying they were the ones they saw at the scene of the crime is DNA. There are multiple reasons an eyewitness can have a mistaken…

never enough evidence to officially uncover who The Zodiac was. Due to this lack of information and wide range of evidence against every main suspect, the true Zodiac Killer will never be discovered. The Zodiac spread horror and terror throughout Northern California from 1969 to 1974 (Zodiac Killer). Although police credited him with five murders,…

interrogating the suspect fairly as well as by not punishing the accuser for making the untruthful accusation. There was a case that the suspect's mom, Karim, said: “He found it difficult to cope with the police investigation.” This desperate mother had said…

topic of debate as human rights groups and news media report of numerous deaths caused by Tasers while Taser’s manufacturer AXON, law enforcement agencies and recent studies argue that they are safe, effective and save lives of both officers and suspects. A 2017 Reuters article titled “Shock Tactics” reported that they had documented 1,005 deaths resulting from interactions with police where Tasers were used within the police encounter (Eisler, Szep, Reid & Smith, 2017). Amnesty…

This means they must have empathy as well as discernment towards suspects when dealing with a case. For example, in many homicide cases, detectives will have to talk to someone who is upset due to the death of the victim. While the detectives must question them to either eliminate them as a suspect or to gain helpful information, they must be sympathetic towards their feelings. They must also, “understand the perspectives of a wide…

The primary ethical issue that was addressed is whether it was appropriate for the Chicago Tribune to name the suspects of the schoolyard shooting, seeing as they were too young to be tried as adults. The article justifies the tribune actions by using the excuse that there is an exception to rules such as this one. Many people questioned if the choice to release names was ethical. There are theories that could back up the Tribune’s choice below. The first ethical theory that the tribune could…

years have ticked away, the list of probable suspects has grown to nearly a hundred people, with about a dozen serious candidates accused of being Jack the Ripper.…

fire, accident, and explosion scenes while searching for confirmation that may clarify the cause and individuals involved. Legal researchers additionally assess money, passports, and other imperative archives for misrepresentation and can recognize suspects of a crime utilizing DNA. A forensic scientist specializing in biology would for the most part focus on breaking down DNA in hair, blood, and other bodily fluids. They may also compare hair samples and may even use some chemistry to…