In all actions brought to recover damage for negligence resulting in death or injury to person or property, the fact that the plaintiff may have been guilty of…
In order to apprehend a criminal the first steps involve evidence collection. CSI technicians collect blood samples either by submitting a piece of clothing or by using a sterile cloth and a small amount of distilled water to remove some blood from the body as well as collect blood samples by scraping trace blood spatter from walls and floors into a sterile container using a scalpel. Blood samples are also collected from the body. These samples are then sent to be analyzed to determine if the samples are the same since any blood at the crime scene may belong to either the victim or assailant. The lab will perform DNA analysis on the sample as well as the victim to determine whether or not it can be used later to compare to blood taken from all suspects.…
2. What do you think would be some of the challenges in collecting DNA evidence? How would you overcome these challenges?…
It has been approximately twenty months since 2001s September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and still victims' bodies are in the process of being identified. In matters like this, forensic scientists are forced to "bring out the big guns." Researchers can compare DNA samples from bodies to those taken directly from the victim: from hair, a toothbrush, a family member, and etcetera (Whitfield 6).…
Issue: When state officials collect and analyze a DNA sample taken from a person who has been arrested for,…
2. What do you think would be some of the challenges in collecting DNA evidence? How would you overcome these challenges? Sometimes DNA might get contaminated; for example, the person gathering the evidence accidentally spits while talking and gets saliva on a swab used to gather someone else’s DNA this may alter the evidence and in the end, maybe even cause for a mistrial to occur.…
The scenario of this case a very complex matter in terms of the law, on the one hand you have the breach of gun/firearms laws and criminal negligence and on the other hand you have involuntary harm to another person. In order to hold the correct person liable, we must first examine the core facts and issues of this case which will enable the application of the law to these facts, allowing the DPP to be advised in the most suitable and accurate manner.…
In 1992, The United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation funded the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). It is a computer system that stores DNA profiles created by federal, state, and local crime laboratories in the United States, with the ability to search the database in its entirety; it also helps agencies identify suspects of crime.…
When it was established that all three of the suspects had a key to Rockina’s apartment, all had a motive for killing her, and none of the suspects had an ironclad alibi for the evening that she was killed, the police realized they had a problem. During the investigation, blood was found on the nail file used in the struggle. You take a sample of the blood from the nail file, Rockina, and each of the suspects for comparison and decide to make DNA…
Problems:The problem with dna evidence is there’s ways to avoid it.Ways you can avoid it is by wearing a mask,gloves,and clean things you touched.The reason you need to do that is because there are things that will help it.Those things that help it is cameras,people,evidence,and weapons.There are so many things to do to avoid dna evidence.So many things to list in one paragraph.There may be lots of problems with dna evidence but, there’s no easy way to avoid it.One thing I learned about avoiding dna evidence is by a tv series.The tv serie Is called dexter.It is about this guy who growed up as a killer.He learned from his dad how to stay out of trouble.…
Since the inception of this technology it has been to be extremely effective in helping law enforcement solve crimes, exonerating individuals accused of crimes, identifying persons that have been disfigured or dismembered, resolve paternity issues and locating lost or unknown family members. Conversely, the technology does have to be revamped and changed in order to address the issues and challenges it faces. Privacy concerns of both criminals and individuals that volunteer their DNA for testing is at the forefront of the discussion.…
The same goes for DNA samples. To prevent guilty suspects from going free because jurors feel there is not enough scientific evidence, we should be informing people of what evidence is sufficient enough for a conviction. Instead of people thinking there is not enough scientific evidence, citizens should know that an eyewitness, or even proof that is directly correlated with the suspect is enough to convict someone. People should know that DNA, fingerprint, soil analysis, and anything else is not as simple as television makes it seem. Things take time, money, and resources that necessarily don't have to be wasted if other evidence is adequate enough for a conviction.…
In this day and age it is a constant battle to keep up with the ever changing technologies. Being properly educated in this field can mean the difference in catching criminals by using their DNA. Knowing how to properly collect, handle, store, and use for evidence can hasten the process of putting a dangerous criminal away for good. Knowing where DNA can be obtained from is key. Sweat, skin, blood, semen, saliva & tissue all holds DNA. You can obtain DNA from a number of items such as a cigarette butts, inside of a hat, bandanna, dirty laundry, stamp, envelope, bottle, can, and so many more items too many to list them all.…
When collecting the evidence for samples of DNA is extremely laborious and also time-consuming. The likelihood of finding blood stain somewhere in the immense area is infinitesimally small (Laird & Blackmore, 2009). By spending too much time on small evidence will not only take up the time but also lead to failure of finding the suspect. In addition, DNA matching could only happen when there is a matching DNA in the database; however, for the data of 2010, there is no library contacting all DNA of people (National Forensics Science Technology Center, n.d). In addition, when samples have a very low amount of DNA, it could have been disturbed by environmental conditions or the undesirable way of preservation (Figarelli,…
The current methods of fingerprinting that involve subjective comparison and matching of fingerprinting has led to disapproval of the method. Extensive testing has shown that the results of fingerprint testing are not valid (Schmalleger, 2011). Fingerprint matches are now being done by experts, those fingerprints that have been previously been examined to make identification of suspects were presented to the same experts in a different context and the results were different. Similarly, DNA evidence for identification of criminals has been marred by several problems. Surreptitious DNA collecting, presentation of partial DNA profiles, and fake DNA evidence; cast doubts on the DNA evidence presented in courts (Schmalleger, 2011).…