In today's age of technology juries almost expect to see state of the art technology employed in both criminal investigations, as well as criminal and civil trials. "Further, the amount of electronic information available, (such as phone records, credit records/financial records, e-mails communications, automated tolls pass transponders, etc...) to support or refute issues that arise in any investigation, need to be sorted, analyzed, and legibly displayed, in order for those records to have an impact on the case"(crime scene forensics).Modern technology provides us with a variety of different software applications that can turn mountains of records into concise, easy to comprehend courtroom exhibits.Sketches can be the most important part of telling the story. A good diagram of the scene will make it much easier for juries to follow the testimony of witnesses. Each item of evidence, or point of interest can be laid out in the diagram to give more accurate understandings of the scene.Diagrams can be displayed in the center of an exhibit, surrounded by actually scene photos.
Work Cited: Crime Scene Forensics, LLC, New York; www.crimescene-forensics.com
After watching hours and hours of the CSI shows what you know to be true and what they try to pass off as true begins to blur. Real forensics takes days or weeks, but the show solves 2-3 cases in one hour. I have always been interested in forensics but don’t really have the patience to actually make it a career. I love ready about all the cool stuff in your blog.
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