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Cypress College Articulation Agreement Santa Ana High School (Santa Ana Unified School District) Discipline: Public Services Begin Date: 2019-20 school year College Course Title: Orange County Department of Education-ROP- High School Course Title: Criminal Justice Introduction to Criminal Justice-AJ110C High School Course Description: This course is part of the Public Safety Pathway. Students who successfully complete this course will emerge with a realistic understanding of the opportunities for a career in criminal justice as well as an understanding of the educational paths for these careers. Students will investigate the qualifications and requirements for various law enforcement occupations and learn the nature, history and philosophy of law enforcement. Students will also learn essential employability skills including personal, interpersonal and communication skills, research and technical writing skills, plus units on career development and employment literacy. Other areas of study include constitutional law, policing issues and trends, court systems, trials, corrections and general aspects of law enforcement. College Units: 3 HS/ROP Credits Hours: 180 College Prerequisite(s) None Introduction to Public Safety Recommendations: Course Content: > . INDUSTRY FOCUS PR law . Identify possible career profiles and pathways in enforcement. Describe current labor market projections. WH . Use law enforcement industry terminology. DP observe . Explain occupational safety issues and all safety rules. Develop perspective and understanding of all aspects of the law enforcement industry. NOU and become police . Identify the educational physical requirements needed to a officer. Explain the process of background checks for eligibility, and the implications of prior convictions and personal history. 8. Review criminal justice training and educational programs @ . CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM . -
Voices of Forensic Science
Chapter 3 The Contamination and Misuse of DNA Evidence Vanessa Toncic, Alexandra Silva "Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in." (Kean, 2012) To understand how potentially mishandled or contaminated DNA evidence could be manipulated or presented in court, (under false pretenses), as an evidentiary ‘gold standard,’ it is important to first explain why, and under what circumstances, DNA evidence is in fact a gold standard. DNA evidence may be disguised as a gold standard when either the techniques used, or the representation of the data has been skewed and is no longer reflective of DNA as a gold standard. This chapter will explore the use of mixed DNA profiles as well as low copy number (LCN) techniques of DNA analysis, and how these methods may not be deserving of the ‘gold standard’ seal associated with DNA evidence. We will explore the biological aspect of issues with these methods and how they may reflect a contaminated DNA sample. Notably, DNA evidence that has been appropriately collected and analyzed may still be purposely misrepresented to a judge and/or jury. DNA as an evidentiary gold standard requires proper handling from the onset of collection, throughout analysis and storage, as well as during presentation in court to ensure that the quality of evidence is upheld. DNA evidence and its associated challenges are multi-faceted areas of study. These studies include issues surrounding the collection as well as the analysis of evidence leading to subsequent contamination and root cause analysis. There also exists debate on the ethics and privatization of DNA given the popularization of online DNA databases. -
NCSBI Evidence Guide Issue Date: 01/01/2010 Page 1 of 75 ______
NCSBI Evidence Guide Issue Date: 01/01/2010 Page 1 of 75 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation EVIDENCE GUIDE North Carolina Department of Justice Attorney General Roy Cooper North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Director Robin P. Pendergraft Crime Laboratory Division Assistant Director Jerry Richardson January 2010 NCSBI Evidence Guide Issue Date: 01/01/2010 Page 2 of 75 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address questions regarding this guide to the: North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Evidence Control Unit 121 East Tryon Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 phone: (919) 662-4500 (Ex. 1501) or Fax questions or comments to the: North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Evidence Control Unit at fax: (919) 661-5849 This guide may be duplicated and distributed to any law enforcement officer whose duties include the collection, preservation, and submission of evidence to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory Division. NCSBI Evidence Guide Issue Date: 01/01/2010 Page 3 of 75 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents SPECIAL NOTICES .............................................................................................................. Page 4 Where to Submit Evidence .................................................................................................... -
Wrongful Convictions and Forensic Science: the Need to Regulate Crime Labs
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons Faculty Publications 2006 Wrongful Convictions and Forensic Science: The Need to Regulate Crime Labs Paul C. Giannelli Case Western University School of Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications Part of the Evidence Commons Repository Citation Giannelli, Paul C., "Wrongful Convictions and Forensic Science: The Need to Regulate Crime Labs" (2006). Faculty Publications. 149. https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/149 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. GIANNELLI.PTD 12/17/2007 2:47:57 PM WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND FORENSIC SCIENCE: THE NEED TO REGULATE CRIME LABS* PAUL C. GIANNELLI** DNA testing has exonerated over 200 convicts, some of whom were on death row. Studies show that a substantial number of these miscarriages of justice involved scientific fraud or junk science. This Article documents the failures of crime labs and some forensic techniques, such as microscopic hair comparison and bullet lead analysis. Some cases involved incompetence and sloppy procedures, while others entailed deceit, but the extent of the derelictions—the number of episodes and the duration of some of the abuses, covering decades in several instances—demonstrates that the problems are systemic. Paradoxically, the most scientifically sound procedure—DNA analysis—is the most extensively regulated, while many forensic techniques with questionable scientific pedigrees go completely unregulated. -
State of New Hampshire Department of Safety Division of State Police Forensic Laboratory Performance Audit September 2011
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY DIVISION OF STATE POLICE FORENSIC LABORATORY PERFORMANCE AUDIT SEPTEMBER 2011 To The Fiscal Committee Of The General Court: We conducted an audit of the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of State Police, Forensic Laboratory (Lab) to address the recommendation made to you by the joint Legislative Performance Audit and Oversight Committee. We conducted this performance audit in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. The purpose of the audit was to determine if the Lab was operating efficiently and effectively. The audit period is State fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This report is the result of our evaluation of the information noted above and is intended solely for the information of the Department of Safety, Division of State Police, the Lab, and the Fiscal Committee of the General Court. This restriction is not intended to limit the distribution of this report, which upon acceptance by the Fiscal Committee is a matter of public record. Office Of Legislative Budget Assistant September 2011 i THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ii STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE – FORENSIC LABORATORY TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE TRANSMITTAL LETTER .................................................................................................................. -
Invalid Forensic Science Testimony and Wrongful Convictions
GARRETT_PRE1ST 2/26/2009 6:06 PM VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW VOLUME 95 MARCH 2009 NUMBER 1 ARTICLES INVALID FORENSIC SCIENCE TESTIMONY AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS Brandon L. Garrett* and Peter J. Neufeld** HIS is the first study to explore the forensic science testimony by T prosecution experts in the trials of innocent persons, all convicted of serious crimes, who were later exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing. Trial transcripts were sought for all 156 exonerees identified as having trial testimony by forensic analysts, of which 137 were located and reviewed. These trials most commonly included testimony concern- ing serological analysis and microscopic hair comparison, but some in- * Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Law. ** Co-Founder and Co-Director, The Innocence Project. For their invaluable comments, we thank Kerry Abrams, Edward Blake, John Butler, Paul Chevigny, Simon Cole, Madeline deLone, Jeff Fagan, Stephen Fienberg, Samuel Gross, Eric Lander, David Kaye, Richard Lewontin, Greg Mitchell, John Monahan, Erin Murphy, Sinead O’Doherty, George Rutherglen, Stephen Schulhofer, William Thompson, Larry Walker, and participants at the Harvard Criminal Justice Roundta- ble, a UVA School of Law summer workshop, and the Ninth Annual Buck Colbert Franklin Memorial Civil Rights Lecture at the University of Tulsa College of Law. The authors thank the participants at the Fourth Meeting of the National Academy of Science, Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community for their useful comments, and we thank the Committee for inviting our participation at that meeting. Preliminary study data were presented as a report to the Committee on February 1, 2008. -
The Public Justice and False Evidence Related Offenses Under Penal Code, 1860: a Penal Discussion
World Bulletin of Management and Law (WBML) Available Online at: https://www.scholarexpress.net Vol. 2 No. 2, August-September ISSN: 2749-3601 THE PUBLIC JUSTICE AND FALSE EVIDENCE RELATED OFFENSES UNDER PENAL CODE, 1860: A PENAL DISCUSSION Shah Mohammad Omer Faruqe Jubaer1 Md. Boktiar Nayeem2 Article history: Abstract: Received: June 26th 2021 The modern Penal Code is vast and exhaustive, one of its most essential elements Accepted: July 20th 2021 is the explanation of criminal intent. The Modern Penal Code standardized mens Published: August 30th 2021 rea, criminal participation as well as the consequences of crime along with victim identification possibly the most essential element of criminal activity evaluated in trials when establishing the nature of a crime and its reasonable punishment, into four basic phrases. Though the frame of our penal code, 1860 is a bit outdated and not concurrent in terms of global criminal laws relating to developments. The Modern Penal Code was a popular document in modern legislatures because it was practical. Such as, the Model Penal Code has had a far-reaching impact on the revision of national laws. With penal and legal specification the aim of this research paper is to identify and clarify the concept The Offenses of Public Justice and False Evidence under the Penal Code of 1860. Keywords: Public Justice, False Evidence, Penal Connection under penal code 1860, Legal constructions, Punishment. INTRODUCTION: Though the subject matter of this study is related to One of the most typical sorts of evidence public justice and false evidence in terms of penal uncovered at a crime scene is physical evidence. -
CURTIS GIOVANNI FLOWERS, Petitioner, V. STATE of MISS
No. ______________ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _____________ CURTIS GIOVANNI FLOWERS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Respondent. _____________ APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT THIS IS A CAPITAL CASE Sheri Lynn Johnson Cornell Law School 245 Hughes Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 607 255 6478 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner No. ______________ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _____________ CURTIS GIOVANNI FLOWERS Petitioner, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Respondent. _____________ APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT _____________ To the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Fifth Circuit: Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 13.5, petitioner, Curtis Giovanni Flowers, a Mississippi death row prisoner, respectfully requests a forty-five (45) day extension of time in which to file his petition for certiorari in this Court, to and including Monday, July 7, 2018. The published decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court was entered on November 2, 2017, and petitioner’s timely petition for rehearing was denied on February 22, 2018. See State v. Flowers,--- So.3d ----2017, WL 5076152. Copies of the opinion and order denying rehearing are attached to this application. Petitioner’s time to petition this Court for a writ of certiorari currently expires on May 23, 2018. This application is being filed more than 10 days before that date. Respondent’s counsel has been consulted and does not oppose the requested extension. -
20180201153354587 Rodney Reed -- Appendix.Pdf
1a IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-77,054 RODNEY REED, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON DIRECT APPEAL FROM CAUSE NUMBER 8701 IN THE 21ST DISTRICT COURT BASTROP COUNTY KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., and HERVEY, ALCALA, RICHARDSON, YEARY, KEEL, and WALKER, JJ., joined. NEWELL, J., not participating. O P I N I O N Rodney Reed sought post-conviction DNA testing of over forty items collected in the course of investigating Stacey Stites’s sexual assault and 2a murder. This investigation culminated in Reed’s conviction and sentence of death for the capital murder of Stites. The trial judge denied the motion. Because Reed cannot establish that exculpatory DNA results would have resulted in his acquittal and his motion is not made for the purpose of unreasonable delay, we affirm the trial judge’s denial. I. Background A. Trial Because we detailed the case’s factual background elsewhere,1 only the facts relevant to Reed’s current DNA appeal are included in this opinion. Stacey Lee Stites’s partially clothed body was found on the side of a back country road in Bastrop County on April 23, 1996. She was wearing only a black bra, underwear, undone blue jeans, socks, and a single tennis shoe, and her H.E.B. name tag was found in the crook of her knee. A white t- shirt, a piece of a brown woven belt without a buckle, and two beer cans were found nearby. Before Stites’s murder, she was engaged to Jimmy Fennell, a Giddings police officer at the time, and the two shared Fennell’s red pick-up truck. -
Dna Fingerprinting
IQP-52-DSA-5801 IQP-52-DSA-2855 IQP-52-DSA-7556 IQP-52-DSA-6366 DNA FINGERPRINTING An Interactive Qualifying Project Report Submitted to the Faculty of WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science By: ____________________ ____________________ Christopher Butcher Sean Donnelly ____________________ ____________________ Dennis Sullivan Adam Walsh August 28, 2009 APPROVED: _________________________ Prof. David S. Adams, Ph.D. Project Advisor 1 ABSTRACT DNA fingerprinting has had tremendous effects on society. This IQP explains the main methods for performing DNA fingerprints, and proper procedures to be taken while collecting and storing DNA samples. It also examines landmark DNA court cases, describing the journey DNA fingerprinting has made through our court system to set precedences for providing viable evidence. Sensational court cases were also analyzed to show the effectiveness of using DNA technology. The ethics behind DNA databases is also examined, and author conclusions are drawn. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page ………………………..……………………..……..………… 1 Abstract ……………………………………..……………….……………….. 2 Table of Contents ……………………………………..…….….…………….. 3 Project Objectives ………..……………………………..……………………. 4 Chapter-1: DNA Fingerprints: Description and Types ………………..……. 5 Chapter-2: DNA Forensics ………………………………..………………… 16 Chapter-3: Landmark DNA Courtcases ……………………………………... 24 Chapter-4: Sensational DNA Courtcases ………………………….………… 35 Chapter-5: DNA Databases ………………………………………………….. 48 Project Conclusions ……….………………………………………….……… 58 3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES This project was undertaken to examine the technology of DNA fingerprinting, and document its impact on society through legal issues and ethical debates over databases and the use of the technology for scientific advantages. The purpose of chapter-1 is to discuss the main applications and main ways profiles are obtained. Chapter-2 covers proper collection and storage. -
In the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington Division Ii
Filed Washington State Court of Appeals Division Two February 22, 2017 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 45665-6-II Respondent, v. DAROLD R. J. STENSON, UNPUBLISHED OPINION Appellant. SUTTON, J. — Darold R. J. Stenson appeals his convictions for two counts of premediated first degree murder with aggravating factors. We hold that the trial court did not err when it (1) granted the State’s motion to continue the trial, (2) denied Stenson’s CrR 8.3(b) motion to dismiss, (3) denied Stenson’s motion to dismiss based on a due process violation, and (4) denied Stenson’s motion to suppress evidence. We also hold (5) that Stenson was not entitled to a spoliation instruction and (6) that the trial court did not err when it denied Stenson’s motions for mistrial or (7) when it admitted evidence of a defense witness’s prior drug conviction. We further hold that (8) the trial court’s reasonable doubt jury instruction was proper, (9) the prosecutor’s rebuttal argument was not misconduct, and (10) there is no cumulative error to entitle Stenson to a new trial. Thus, we affirm Stenson’s convictions. 45665-6-II FACTS I. BACKGROUND A. FACTUAL HISTORY In the early morning hours of March 25, 1993, law enforcement arrived at the Stenson home in response to a 911 call; Stenson met the responding officers outside the home. Stenson led the officers to the body of Frank Hoerner, Stenson’s friend and business partner, who was lying face down on the floor in the main-floor guest bedroom, dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. -
Crime Laboratory Evidence Submission Manual
CRIME LABORATORY EVIDENCE SUBMISSION MANUAL Florida Department of Law Enforcement Gerald M. Bailey, Commissioner 2013 COPYRIGHT © 2013 by Florida Department of Law Enforcement CRIME LABORATORY EVIDENCE SUBMISSION MANUAL The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Crime Laboratory System has developed this manual for the criminal justice community to provide useful information for submitting evidence to any of the state-operated laboratories. This publication is intended to provide instructions for special handling and submission of exhibits to a crime laboratory. You may encounter unusual types of evidence not covered in this manual. Please consult your FDLE regional laboratory for assistance. In the event of a request that is outside of the case acceptance policy, it is essential to make contact and receive approval via phone or e-mail with the laboratory management prior to delivering the evidence to FDLE. The evidence intake section cannot accept requests that are outside of the case acceptance policy without documented approval. It is recommended that the submitting agency contact their FDLE regional laboratory to triage evidence on complex cases. Page 2 of 76 “Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves, even unconsciously, will serve as silent evidence against him. Not only his fingerprints or his footprints, but also his hair, the fibers from his clothes, the glass he breaks, the tool marks he leaves, the paint he scratches, the blood or semen that he deposits or collect—all of these and more bear mute witness against him. This is evidence that does not forget. It is not confused by the excitement of the moment.