| A | B |
|---|
| responce to crime scene | those that respond to scene recognize, collect, and preserve evidence. |
| evidence analysis | investigators send evidence to labs to experts at many points during investigation |
| deposition | a proceeding in which testimony is given under oath but not in court or before a judge. |
| court testimony | heart of the job of a forensic scientist. |
| importance of technical evidence vs. ordinary evidence | given by people who have been qualified as experts by the court. because it is given by scientists, it has an aura of truth and infallibility (it must be reliable). |
| frye vs. united states | james frye was on trial for murder and wanted to help his defense by using a machine that was the forerunner to today's polygraph. |
| daubert v. merrill dow | a pregnant women taking bendectin for nausea gave birth to a baby with birth defects. she claimed the medication caused the defects. the prosecution claimed there was enough statistical evidence linking bendectin to defects. |
| federal rules of evidence | determine what evidence may be admitted, for what uses and under what conditions. first step is authentication- chain of custody must be documented. |
| provenience | origin and derivation of an item |
| datum | fixed reference point for all 3 dimensional measurements. |
