SSCI1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neuromuscular-Blocking Drug, Kumho Tire, Firm Foundation
11 Feb 2017
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Forensic science plays an important role in criminal law supplies vital information about how a crime was committed and who committed it. The rules of evidence are used to determine whether something is admissible or inadmissible serve to screen out or exclude irrelevant or prohibited evidence. Definition of evidence: information, court approved, used to determine guilt or innocence. The rules of evidence are applied to determine the admissibility of all information eyewitness testimony photographs psychical objects scientifically generated information like dna. If the information survives, it can be accepted as evidence of a material fact in the ensuring trial. Ultimately, forensic (and other types) of evidence are used to reconstruct the events of a crime. Distinct set of procedures, court approved information (performed well, relevant, correctly collected, thoroughly documented) A key pre-requisite of admissibility for any pice of information is: a solid supportive.
