Fourth Amendment‚ when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect‚ he or she may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a threat of death or serious physical injury to others. It was found that use of deadly force to prevent escape is an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment‚ in the absence of probable cause that the fleeing suspect posed a physical danger. The Federal District Court rejected the legal
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the second band is about 5‚500bp. The first band of suspect 1 DNA traveled 3 mm and the second band traveled 6.5mm. The actual size of the first band is 10‚000bp and the second band is 5‚500bp. Suspect 2 DNA traveled 2.5mm and 7mm. The actual size of the first band is about 1‚100bp and the second is about 5‚000bp. Because Suspect 1 had bands that traveled the same distance as the crime scene DNA bands‚ then we were able to conclude that suspect 1 was the criminal. In our expected data‚ the crime
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Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Course Assignment 23 November 2012 Guidance Note Q.1. Chan Faat has an argument with his father during dinner. They are both drinking beer. Chan Faat drinks about six bottles of beer during dinner. They start arguing about a recent football match which they had been watching. Chan Faat becomes very angry and hits his father on the head with his beer glass. The glass breaks and cuts the father above the left eye causing slight bleeding. Chan’s father goes
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conducting suspect identifications. Team C came to the conclusion the best practice to be used by police when conducting suspect identification is the mug book. The team members agree the use of the Mug Book is a good way for suspect identification because the witness is told that the person who committed the crime may or may not be present in the mug book. The mug book has the advantage of not rushing / pressuring the witness and provided the suspect is in the
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the subject for possible interrogation 4. Note-taking following each response INTERROGATION 1. Accusatory 2. Monologue - discourage the suspect from talking until ready to tell the truth 3. Goals a. Elicit the truth b. Obtain a court-admissible confession if it is believed that the suspect is guilty 4. No note-taking until after the the suspect has told the truth (this is the citing for the information above) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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specific suspect in a criminal case. Law enforcement agencies typically use three different types of lineups: field lineup‚ photographic lineup‚ and physical lineup. Field lineups take place shortly after a commission of a crime and the officers a have a suspect in custody and an eye-witness that is whiling to identify the suspect. The witness goes to the suspect’s location and asked if the person they are viewing is in fact the correct suspect. Depending the witnesses answer the suspect set free
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professionals on suspects from whom information and details pertaining the crimes they are accused of is sought. Interrogations are interviews with a basic goal of establishing a purposeful exchange to obtain information from a target‚ often perceived as aggressive and antagonistic by many (Heuback‚ 2009). Interrogation has proven to be an effective means of seeking information since it involves giving a suspect an opportunity to express him or herself to prove their innocence. The suspects‚ however‚ should
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her friends went downtown Orlando for some drink‚ and ran into the unknown male (suspect). Ashton reported that she met him at Saddle and he began to flirting with her. Ashton reported that they had mutual interest for each other‚ so she wasn’t alarmed. While they were talking the suspect asked to go back home to her place‚ so Ashton called an Uber from her phone. While at the home‚ inside of her bedroom‚ the suspect attempted to have sex with Ashton. She reported that he penetrated
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and what results when police officers fail to read them to criminal suspects‚ are topics that are frequently misunderstood. Before Miranda‚ the right against self-incrimination was never self-executing and always had to be invoked by the suspect. This invocation is what is commonly referred to as pleading the Fifth.’ In Miranda‚ the Supreme Court shifted this burden to the police‚ and required them to specifically advise suspects of their right to remain silent and their right to have an attorney
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Running head: Use of Force Criminal Justice Topic CRMJ300 Whenever a law enforcement officer places an individual under arrest or is involved in a deadly force scenario the officer has used some degree of force. The incidents where an office has to make a split second decision and use physical force to control a situation is known as “Use of Force.” The use of force varies as situations present themselves to the officer and they must decide what level of force is necessary to control the
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