With technology playing a greater and greater role in resolving cases, it became obvious to Arizona judicial educators that many judges lack the educational background needed for a sufficient understanding of the scientific principles behind
the forensic evidence they see in court.
Not exact matches
«It is very difficult to cross-examine a witness when the similarities and dissimilarities are displayed, frequently magnified, for all, including the jury, to
see,» says David Carson, editor of the British
forensic journal, Expert
Evidence.
It felt like we had
forensic evidence to build our movie and from that we got a lot of information that we didn't pay attention to that much when we
saw it the first couple of times, but on the 30th time we did and it.»
«When an e-book version of a best - seller costs close to — or even more than — its hard - copy counterpart, it doesn't take a
forensic economist to
see that this is
evidence of market manipulation.»
One need look no further than what occurred at the Nassau County, N.Y., police department's
forensic evidence bureau in 2011 and what happened at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation in 2010 to
see the consequences of continued inaction.
Once the mindset challenge has been overcome by the legal sector, and there are processes in place to guarantee the work that has been completed matches the
forensic and other
evidence, I believe we will begin to
see some truly impressive uses of the technology across a range of cases and scenarios.
He also
sees an important lesson here for computer
forensic examiners to heed before they shut down a live system: «Look for
evidence of encryption before you pull the plug.
Some judges have begun specifically instructing jurors not to expect the kind of
forensic evidence they've
seen on TV.
It seems to work as I haven't been able to recover the files I «cybershredded», but
seeing as how I'm not a
forensic expert I wouldn't take that as conclusive
evidence of its effectiveness.
The recent acquittal of Sean Hoey (
see R v Sean Hoey [2007] NICC 49, 20/12/2007) and the swingeing criticisms by Mr Justice Weir of the use of
forensic evidence, including low copy number DNA (LCNDNA), in the case, highlight the huge drawbacks if
forensic techniques are not used correctly or its results are misinterpreted.
Common job duties
seen on a Criminalist resume sample are analyzing
evidence in laboratories, writing reports based on
evidence, testifying against suspects, reporting to the station chief, and updating their knowledge of
forensic science development.