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    The personal constitution protects privacy‚ the right of every citizen to be free from irrational government interference in their persons‚ homes‚ businesses and property - whether through police detain citizens on the street‚ arrests or searches of homes and business. Lawmakers and courts have put in place legal safeguards to ensure that law enforcement officials interfere with the rights of individuals under the Fourth Amendment only in limited circumstances‚ and through specific methods. In the

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    the structure of DNA and discuss how it facilitates the ability of DNA to act as genetic material • Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes • Describe the process of DNA replication as a semi-conservative process. Compare and contrast the synthesis of the leading and lagging strands in DNA replication. • Explain how the genotype of an organism determines its phenotype. • State the central dogma of genetics and explain the roles of DNA and RNA in polypeptide

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    DNA databases 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. The origin of CODIS is attributed to the Scientific Working groups (SWG) that began in the late 80’s. SWG was backed by the FBI Laboratory which

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    Suspension “First DUI conviction can cause your license to be invalidated for up to 2 years. Revocation of your license can also cause you to lose your job‚ especially if it requires you to drive. Finding someone to drive you all the time is very challenging. You may likewise arrive late for work habitually‚ feel disappointed‚ and be less mindful when you at last arrived. Your work conduct may endure‚ as well.” Negative Background Checks Result “A lawful offense or wrongdoing DUI conviction will show up in

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    Convictions are what drive us; they are the fuel‚ which fuel that propels us forward. For example the conviction to be responsible to ones family is what wakes a person up each day and sends them to work‚ even on days that they would rather do something else. Convictions that drive us to do the right thing each day are good convictions‚ but the convictions‚ which lead us astray‚ and replace our faith in God’s provision‚ and grace‚ are considered negative convictions. Some of these negative convictions

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    instances of how our knowledge of DNA has changed life in our day. Give one positive and one negative application of that knowledge and defend your answer. According to Kenneth Saladin‚ deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is “a long threadlike molecule with a uniform diameter of 2mm‚ although its length varies greatly from the smallest to the largest chromosomes.” What does this mean? Basically‚ it is a long string that contains a person’s genetic information. DNA has been studied overtime and it

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    Dna Collection Case

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    Introduction In 2015 Congress passed the DNA Fingerprint Act‚ which required that‚ beginning January 1‚ 2009‚ any adult arrested for a federal crime provide a DNA sample. As of May 2013‚ 29 states‚ in addition to the federal government‚ have enacted arrestee DNA collection laws‚ which authorize collection of DNA following arrest or charging. A U.S. Supreme Court decision‚ Maryland v. King (2013)‚ upheld a Maryland state law that allowed for the warrantless collection of a DNA sample for those arrested for

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    DNA Profiling and Ethics Reflection Journal Vanshika Khemka 14th October 2012 "33 autorad off" On 10th September 1984‚ geneticist Alec Jeffrey’s wrote these three words in his red desk diary. This marked the completion of an experiment‚ which studied how inherited illnesses pass through families. The experiment failed entirely. (McKie‚ 2009) However‚ this led to the most profound discovery: the world’s first DNA fingerprint. Now‚ the smallest swab of blood or sweat can determine

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    T DNA IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 5Transportation and storage of DNA evidence is also extremely important. Whentransporting DNA evidence the officer should be aware that having the evidence in directsunlight can cause the evidence to become compromised (DNA Evidence‚ 2012). The officershould ensure that they do not place the evidence in an environment where it can get hot‚ insteadthey should place it in a cold environment to preserve it (DNA Evidence‚ 2012). It is importantthat the DNA evidence be

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    greatest cause of wrongful convictions to date. Prosecutors don’t always rely on physical evidence to land a conviction. Rather‚ they often focus on verbal evidence‚ such as witness statements and confessions‚ to sway jurors in their favor. It has been shown that juries are significantly more likely to bring forth a guilty verdict if there is eyewitness corroboration of the crime. Although eyewitness testimony has proven unreliable time and time again‚ and many convictions have been overturned due

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