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What tool do forensic scientists use to dust for prints?
What is fingerprint powder/brush?
This amendment protects you from unreasonable search and seizure
What is the 4th Amendment
A blood sample taken without your permission or a warrant may violate this amendment.
What is the 4th Amendment
Before being questioned, police must read you these rights.
What are the Miranda rights
This fruit’s skin has prints almost like human fingerprints.
What is a banana
Name one type of evidence you might find at a crime scene.
What is DNA, fingerprints, footprints, blood, etc.?
Police need this document, signed by a judge, to search most homes or property.
What is a warrant
A suspect asks for their lawyer before giving a DNA sample—this right comes from this amendment.
What is the 6th Amendment
if police pull you over, they need this to search your car without a warrant.
What is probable cause
Which animal’s fingerprints can confuse forensic investigators because they look almost human?
What is a koala
True or false: Every person’s DNA is unique.
What is True
Evidence collected without a valid warrant or probable cause may be thrown out because of this legal rule.
What is an exclusionary Rule
Fingerprints, DNA, or hair collected properly can be used as evidence in court.
What is Evidence
A suspect is given bail that is way too high for a minor crime—this violates which amendment
What is the 8th amendment
In a court case, this snack food once left orange powder on evidence.
What is Cheetos
This everyday object can be used to lift fingerprints.
What is tape
If you do not wish to answer questions from the police, you may
If evidence was obtained illegally, the judge may exclude it due to this rule.
What is the exclusionary rule
Seeing illegal evidence in plain sight allows police to use this exception.
What is the plain veiw Doctrine
This insect can help forensic scientists tell how long a body has been dead.
What is a fly/maggot?
Who is called the “father of modern fingerprinting”?
Who is Sir Francis Galton?
This amendment states that punishment must not be cruel and unusual
What is the 8th Amendment
Which amendment protects a defendant’s right to confront the forensic scientist who analyzed their DNA in court?
What is the 6th Amendment
Police officers often say this phrase on TV when arresting someone, but it’s not legally required.
What is “You’re under arrest”?
If your cat walked through a crime scene, what kind of “trace evidence” would it most likely leave behind?
What is fur/Hair