Law 99-219- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)

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Inverted funnel analogy: least amount of cases are dealt with by the scc, most by ocj. It (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t until the 19th century that there was a recommendation that fingerprints be used as evidence. Dr. henry folds recommended it and people streamlined the process. Through the labour intensive comparison of fingerprints you could figure out who was a multiple offender. Similarly blood spatter and blood stain analysis has an ancient pedigree to it. some say that it goes back to biblical times. The first reported case of blood stain interpretation in the united states did(cid:374)"t o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur till (cid:1005)9(cid:1008)9, state of washi(cid:374)gto(cid:374) vs. perkins. It is important to understand the history of forensic science in order to apply it to the present: a seasoned forensic examiner or an expert witness is responsible for justifying an opinion with defensible scientific facts. We have to be in a position to defend our thesis. However, absolute certainty is difficult to achieve in forensic sciences.

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