Thursday, February 28, 2013

Blog #18: 2 Hour Meeting Answer #3

1.  What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?2.  Obey chain of command and understand how to process each piece of evidence. 
3.  

a) Evidence is useless if it is not admissible in court.
b) Each type of evidence needs to be handled differently from fingerprints to testimony.
c) Evidence requires signatures from everyone it comes in contact with to avoid being labeled as contaminated. 4.  Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. Washington, D.C.: National Academies, 2009. Print.
5.  I plan to study the whole process of taking a piece of evidence from the crime scene to the courthouse to fully understand how meticulous the chain of command is. 

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