Each student will be required to submit a position paper as to his/her opinion reference an assigned courtroom case which dealt with forensic science evidence admissibility.
Each student will be required to submit a position paper as to his/her opinion reference an assigned courtroom case which dealt with forensic science evidence admissibility.
Regardless of the position you take, the paper must include your reasoning for choosing that position. In essence, you will “pick a side” and argue for that side.
You are responsible for “convincing” the instructor as to why your position is correct and fair.
Specifically, you will review ALL the facts of the case and, based on your research, you will argue FOR or AGAINST the admissibility of the forensic science evidence and/or technique used to describe/analyze the evidence.
The scientific experts’ evidence is more relied on from time to time with the increasing growth in science and technology. In today’s generation, it is very often that the court asks for scientific evidence.
This scientific evidence comes as an opinion and is produced in the court, the final decision will always depend on the judge itself so that the judgment should be impartial in nature.
Everywhere in the world, people are wrongfully convicted of crimes that they don’t even commit. These convictions which arise can be saved by the forensic evidence obtained from the crime place with the help of the advice given by the experts. Thus, the authenticity and admissibility of the forensic evidence are needed to be addressed.
This evidence has a higher value. It can either save a person or can punish a person by providing evidence for the crime.
It is proof which can be any document, pictures, marks, recordings, videos presented in front of the court to prove a person either guilty or innocent. This can also be given as a witness. The statements given by the lawyers are not termed as evidence.
It is a function in the legal system for having contribution in getting justice in a criminal procedure. Any evidence which can make investigators identify the criminal easily amounts to forensic evidence. This can be strands of hair, any specific mark, fingerprints of any person, etc.
The scientists of the forensic help the police in identifying the criminal by finding the detective details thoroughly received from the crime scene. They do a lot of research and study the details.
It means that science has been used for the purpose of the law. The science which is used in forensic determines the nature of evidence, identifying the DNA match, fingerprints, etc. This evidence can be provided by a scientist who is excellent in his work and will provide the evidence by examining various tests in which he is an expert.
This forensic evidence is used for criminal proceedings and also while the investigation goes on. They provide small details that help the officers-in-charge of the investigation processes.
This also helps in linking crimes and identifying the connection in them by knowing the patterns of the crime scene and this makes it easier in identifying the suspects.
DNA stands for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid. DNA is found in all living cells. It is extracted from bones, hair, blood, urine. It was invented by Swiss Scientist Friedrich Micscher in 1869. A DNA test is always relied upon because it is unique and different in every person. This test is done to detect the crime, to identify and match the parents of the child, etc.
This test helps a lot in criminal cases also where there is a dispute of succession.
The lawyers and judges are not having ample knowledge with the reference to science and technology and that is the reason why experts are assigned to conduct the test and give their opinion.
This helps the judge in finding the truth in most criminal cases. Previously there was a problem with respect to who will evaluate the forensic evidence. Is it the judge or the scientific experts?
But finally, it was concluded that the judges have the power to have the final discussion, this is because maybe, there is a chance that the forensic evidence can be conflicted in nature.