Background Information
Civil law
What is the type of law when evidence is used at a lower standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Evidence that is Self-Authenticating
What is a newspaper, periodical
Used to mark bullet trajectory
What are lasers
Admissible Evidence/Data Copied from an Electronic Device
What are emails, flash drives
The 4 basic types of evidence
What are: Demonstrative, Documentary, Real, Testimonial
The first murder trial defendant
Who is Levi Weeks
The first toxicology report in a jury trial
What is arsenic detection
Judge's rely on ______ when deciding what digital evidence is admissible
What is Precedent
The two types of evidence and examples of each
What is Direct; eyewitness, confession, weapon
What is Circumstantial; defendants fingerprints at the crime scene, lying in alibi
Levi Weeks results
What is moving to Florida, remarried, became an architect, and died
The reason most of the blood evidence presented at the trial speculated by the public?
What is DNA evidence was still very new and many were not sure of its authenticity
The usage of DNA from a crime scene to digitize a suspects potential face
What is DNA Phenotyping
Determine admissible evidence
What is Relevant and Reliable
What is informal
4 pieces of evidence used against OJ
DNA analysis of blood discovered on a pair of Simpson's socks identified as Nicole Brown's.
DNA analysis of blood in Simpson's Bronco had traces of Simpson's, Brown's, and Goldman's blood.
Former arrest reccords showed Simpson had been arrested for beating Brown in 1989.
Glove found at Brown's home
Strands of Goldman's hair found on Simpson
Three types of forensic evidence used in criminal cases
What is: DNA (saliva, sperm, blood), bite-marks, fingerprints, fire-analysis, ballistic photography...
The last time the Federal Rules of Evidence was amended
When is December 1 of 2017
Cause of death for Elma Sands
What is being brutally beaten
The name of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman's murderer.
Who is an unknown suspect
"...(a)statement is not hearsay if . . . the statement is offered against a party and is the party’s own statement, in either an individual or representative capacity,” in according to social media hearsay
What is the Party Rule Admission