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Should DNA And Other Biological Evidence Be Admissible in Court
Outline – DNA and Biological Evidence
Research Question:
Should DNA And Other Biological Evidence Be Admissible in Court?
Introduction
Prevalence of innocent people put in prison
Number of people proven innocent by DNA and other biological evidences after imprisonment
Ethical question of admissibility of DNA evidence in courts
Thesis statement – While DNA has been used to exonerate innocent people, many still hold that it should not be admissible in court because the quality of evidence relies on the quality of the laboratory work, evidence may be planted, and it might lead to false conclusions, and therefore should not be oversold in court and should only be considered in light of other available evidence.
Scope of the problem
Statistics of the people wrongfully incarcerated
Statistics of the number of people put in death row due to erroneous DNA testing and planted evidence
Statistics on rightful convictions using DNA and biological evidence
Success of DNA and biological evidence in solving civil and criminal cases
Paternity cases
Proof of death
Sexual Assaults
Ethical issues in DNA and biological evidence in criminal cases
Basic human error and human bias
Linking innocent people to crime
Surge in racial disparities
Violation of privacy rights
Study #1 Campbell et al., 2020
Can DNA be used to identify repeat offenders in sexual assaults?
Forensic DNA testing results examined from 7,287 samples in Michigan
35.7% identified as repeat perpetrators
Study #2 Rasool & Hussain, 2020
Does forensic science aid the process of decision making in courts?
How has DNA evidence been used to solve forensic cases such as paternity and relatedness
Are there errors in solving forensic cases using manual calculations?
Does ForeStatistics increase the accurateness and efficiency of DNA statistics?
Study #3 Schklar, 2019
Do DNA and other scientific evidence play an increasing role in criminal investigations and court proceedings?
Baye’s theorem in estimating the degree to which jurors should revise their belief that the defendant committed the crime given some incriminating trace evidence such as hair fibre, semen and blood
Should jurors consider trustworthiness of police officers conducting criminal investigations and collecting DNA evidence from the crime scene?
Conclusion
Summary statement of DNA and biological evidence and impact on society
Thesis statement – While DNA has been used to exonerate innocent people, many still hold that it should not be admissible in court because the quality of evidence relies on the quality of the laboratory work, evidence may be planted, and it might lead to false conclusions, and therefore should not be oversold in court and should only be considered in light of other available evidence
Future implications
Educate people on importance of DNA and biological evidence
Conduct more studies on reliability of DNA and biological evidence to allow admissibility in courts.
Outline – DNA and Biological Evidence
Outline – DNA and Biological Evidence
Research Question:
Should DNA And Other Biological Evidence Be Admissible in Court?
Introduction
Prevalence of innocent people put in prison
Number of people proven innocent by DNA and other biological evidences after imprisonment
Ethical question of admissibility of DNA evidence in courts
Thesis statement – DNA and other biological evidence should not be oversold in court and should only be considered in light of other available evidence.
Scope of the problem
Statistics of the people wrongfully incarcerated
Statistics of the number of people put in death row due to erroneous DNA testing and planted evidence
Statistics on rightful convictions using DNA and biological evidence
Success of DNA and biological evidence in solving civil and criminal cases
Paternity cases
Proof of death
Sexual Assaults
Ethical issues in DNA and biological evidence in criminal cases
Basic human error and human bias
Linking innocent people to crime
Surge in racial disparities
Violation of privacy rights
Study #1 Campbell et al., 2020
Can DNA be used to identify repeat offenders in sexual assaults?
Forensic DNA testing results examined from 7,287 samples in Michigan
35.7% identified as repeat perpetrators
Study #2 Rasool & Hussain, 2020
Does forensic science aid the process of decision making in courts?
How has DNA evidence been used to solve forensic cases such as paternity and relatedness
Are there errors in solving forensic cases using manual calculations?
Does ForeStatistics increase the accurateness and efficiency of DNA statistics?
Study #3 Schklar, 2019
Do DNA and other scientific evidence play an increasing role in criminal investigations and court proceedings?
Baye’s theorem in estimating the degree to which jurors should revise their belief that the defendant committed the crime given some incriminating trace evidence such as hair fibre, semen and blood
Should jurors consider trustworthiness of police officers conducting criminal investigations and collecting DNA evidence from the crime scene?
Conclusion
Summary statement of DNA and biological evidence and impact on society
Thesis statement – DNA and other biological evidence should not be oversold in court and should only be considered in light of other available evidence.
Future implications
Educate people on importance of DNA and biological evidence
Conduct more studies on reliability of DNA and biological evidence to allow admissibility in courts.
Our federal system is built upon three core concepts. For your initial post, research the following key government terms
Our federal system is built upon three core concepts. For your initial post, research the following key government terms:
Briefly define each of the following terms: Separation of powers, Checks and balances Federalism. Be sure and support your research with citations.
Discuss one recent example of each of these concepts in action.Again, support your contentions here with cited sources.
Are these principles being carried out as was intended by the founding fathers. Why or why not?
This assignment will be graded in two parts: your initial post (50 pts) and your replies (50 pts) to other classmate’s post:
Part 1: Initial Posts:
All initial posts must be written in Arial font, double-spaced, using 12 pt. font size. Your initial post must be 8-10 paragraphs long minimum. Paragraphs should be a minimum of 3 sentences long. They should be no longer than 5-6 sentences. The general rule is when you move to a new concept or idea, you should start a new paragraph. 15 points will be deducted for papers that are either too short or too long.
Minimal response length will receive a minimal score. Put some thought and effort into this post. You will be required to do some research for this assignment. Make sure your initial post addresses each of the questions posted above. 15 points will be deducted for each question not addressed.
Proofreading and spelling/grammar checking will improve your overall score. Double and triple check your post before you submit your initial post, as you will not be able to edit them afterwards. 5 – 15 points will be deducted based on the severity of the errors noted in your post.
Within your initial post, you must provide evidence and citations to support your opinions. A minimum of 2 sources are required, but again, this is the minimum required for credit. Wikipedia does not count as a source and posts that use Wikipedia will have 15 points deducted from the initial post grade.
You must use in-text citations. You may use no more than 1 direct quote and that direct quote is limited to a maximum of 3 sentences. Posts with more than 1 direct quote will lose 15 points off of the overall grade. Posts that do not use in-text citations at all will have 15 points deducted from the overall grade.
A works cited section, citing all of your sources in proper MLA format, must be included with your initial post. You must include a works cited even with use of in-text citations. Posts without a works cited page included will have all 50 points deducted from the initial post total.
Failure to submit an initial post and replies to classmates by the due date assigned will result in a grade of ‘0’ for this assignment.No extra time will granted for any reason.