Evidence Essay Examples

Francis Galton, Henry Faulds and William Herschel often get the credit when it comes to fingerprint identification systems. The first criminal conviction was accomplished in 1892 thanks to Juan Vucetich’s fingerprint system being used 10 years prior to this evidence being used in cases in England and Paris. (Teitelbaum, 2018). A woman by the name…

As O.J. Simpson’s case for the accused murder of both Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman began, there was a multitude of valuable evidence that was used against him in court. Although this may be true, there were a lot of factors that had occurred during the trial which lead up to things going wrong with the evidence…

DNA evidence has turned into a standard measurable method for researching and explaining a wide range of types of criminal offenses from crimes of property, like theft and autocrime, to more important and severe crimes for example, assault and murder. DNA material recouped from a crime scene is handled to create a DNA profile, which…

We choose the topic of Forensic Anthropology because it plays an important role in establishing the cause of death in an investigation. The goal of our paper was to prove that finding valid evidence plays a key role in allowing judges and the jury, to correctly accuse those who have committed a crime. There have…

Trace evidence can be anything at a crime scene. If someone comes into contact with something at a scene, or even just goes to the scene and leaves, trace evidence can be left there. Edmond Locard is someone who we can thank a great deal when it comes to trace evidence. Edmond Locard was trained…

Stacy and Sharon snuck out one Saturday night, and decided to smoke marijuana together. Stacy was speeding on the freeway ,when she saw a police vehicle flagging her down. Sharon instantly swallowed the joint to get rid of it as Stacy pulled to the right side of the road. Would you do that if you felt…

Introduction In present day we know the Locard’s Exchange Principle. Which was developed by Edmund Locard a French scientist who believed any interaction between humans will leave some type of trace (Saferstein ,2011).  Regardless of the scenario, when people interact every individual will carry something away from one another. Some of these transfers may need…

Abstract Law enforcement faces new challenges with new types of digital technologies. They are in a continuous battle with criminals of different applications of digital technologies and so law enforcement is coming up with new forensics tools to systematically search digital devices for evidence that is either hidden or has been deleted for the device….

It is mandatory for the prosecuting attorney to divulge any information that could absolve a defendant. Preceding the trial, if the collected evidence indicates innocence, the defense has an obligation to provide such information to the defense prior to the trial’s start. However, this is a continual requirement, both prior to and throughout the trial….

Sexual assault is one of the most common crimes committed throughout the world and is very prevalent in American culture. Rape is one of the most common forms of sexual assault. With such a high percentage of rape in today’s culture, the amount of time and effort spent on solving these cases shoots through the…