many clues left behind. The obvious would be a the body or bodies‚ clothing‚ and sometimes even the murder weapon. While these are great way to solve a case there’s another kind of evidence; trace evidence. Trace evidence are small pieces of evidence that are laying around a crime scene. There are many types of trace evidence some of them include metal filings‚ plastic fragments‚ gunshot residue‚ glass fragments‚ feathers‚ food stains‚ building materials‚ lubricants‚ fingernail scrapings‚ pollens and
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the United States; (3) the fact that all illicit-drug seizures must be sent a forensic laboratory for confirmatory chemical analysis before the case can be adjudicated in court; (4) the advent of DNA profiling. 2. Describe the criteria for admissibility of scientific evidence as laid out in Frye v. United States. The court ruled that in order to be admitted as evidence at trail‚ the questioned procedure technique‚ or principles must be “generally accepted” by a meaningful segment of relevant
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Evidence is the key element in determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of crimes against society in a criminal court of law. Evidence can come in the form of weapons‚ documents‚ pictures‚ tape recordings and DNA. According to the American Heritage College dictionary‚ evidence is the documentary or oral statements and the material objects admissible as testimony in a court of law (476). It is shown in court as an item of proof‚ to impeach or rehabilitate a witness‚ and to determine a sentence
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What is the digital divide? How does poverty play a role in the digital divide? What does all of this do for education? More schools are starting to require students to have internet access or do work online. There are some solutions to the problem‚ but are they actually realistic. Can we get internet into all households across the nation? The dictionary defines the digital divide as the difference between people who have opportunities to benefit from digital resources and those who do not have
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Evidence 1. “There is too much competition between students‚ which leads to increased pressure to do well. Cheating becomes a way to get the edge over the other students in the class. In addition‚ the penalties for getting caught are mild.” 2. “Today there is more pressure placed on students to do well. They are expected to receive good grades‚ play a sport‚ and volunteer if they are to be looked at by a good college. With a B tainting your transcript‚ a college might not look at you.”
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DNA analyzing has been playing an increasingly role in the medical field. Genetic diseases’ rate is progressively growing but with the new technology‚ doctors are able now to reduce that high rate by using new invention. For example‚ with DNA analyzing doctors have the ability to reorganize the genetic disorder to make it better. Furthermore‚ now they can catalyze human body’s cells to produce a healing or therapeutic substance that could control the disease instead of fighting it. In another point
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In order to introduce the tape-recorded statements against Sanders‚ the declarant (Blair) must be unavailable as a witness according to Fed.R.Evid. 804. The statements by Blair fall under an exception to the hearsay rule‚ Fed.R.Evid. 804(b)(3)‚ which provides that when a declarant is unavailable as a witness‚ statements against interest are not excluded by hearsay. When a prosecutor seeks to introduce evidence of a statement that inculpates the accused‚ a number of courts require that statement be
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Digital Evidence Darlene Sampson Digital Evidence January 8‚ 2012 Abstract This paper will help explain the basic understanding of computer forensics. I will also identify five areas in computers and computer application a forensic investigator can look for digital evidence. I will identify three types of criminal investigations that can utilize the services of computer forensic investigators. This paper will help with the understanding of computer forensics. Digital Evidence What
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Keona Lollis AP Studio Art Mrs. Lindstrom December 15‚ 2010 Artist Statement What Role does Art play in your life? Art to me is an expression of the mind through drawing‚ sculpting‚ painting‚ etc. art plays a major role in my life because after I graduate from high school I would like to become a fashion designer or an artist. If I become a fashion designer I would like to own my own business in fashion. But if I become an artist I would like to live in a big house and draw and paint
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DNA and Evidence DNA is one of the most important roles to evidence and in a criminal case. It helps to prove a convict guilty or help those wrongly accused or convicted. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Just about every cell contains DNA. The DNA that’s in people blood is also the same DNA in people’s hair‚ bone‚ saliva‚ skin‚ tissue and everything else. What’s great about someone’s DNA it does not ever change throughout their life. DNA was first used as a way of finding out paternity so
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