POLS 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Timothy Mcveigh, Exclusionary Rule, Car Rental
6 Oct 2018
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Interdependence example: judge depends on prosecution and defense to provide facts relevant to the defendant"s risk to society/flight; judge depends on jail and county govt to maintain capacity; prosecution depends on police to refer people who have committed crimes. Okc bombing - april 19, 1995, 9:02am explosion at the murrah federal building: investigation - when police believe a crime has been or is about to be committed. Search for, and collect, all possible relevant facts to determine the truth of a crime. Gather evidence to determine the truth of a crime. Fbi took over okc bombing immediately, but nature of scene made gathering evidence very difficult belonged to large truck, believed to be the source of explosion. Vin number tracks to a car rental nearby, which connects to local motel room rented by tim mcveigh evidence gathered pointed to tim mcveigh and terry nichols. Truck axle found 1. 5 blocks away gives clues about perpetrator, deformed by blast but.
