Remember that your response needs to be between 200 and 250 words.DQ1, part one:Does forensic...

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Remember that your response needs to be between 200 and 250 words.

DQ1, part one:Does forensic science have sufficient safeguards to avoid misuse of evidence in court situations?

Part Two:Are constitutional bases for search and seizure consistent with forensic science method.

DQ2:Should private security operations be held to the same standards as public law enforcement with regards to using forensic science methods?

Robert · Accepted Answer

Does forensic science have sufficient safeguards to avoid misuse of evidence in court 
situations? 
It is a fact that though forensic science can now claim to have embraced technologies and 
strategies to prevent the misuse of evidence in the court of law during any legal proceeding, still 
now it seems that forensic science is lacking proper safeguards in preventing such misuse. The 
DNA test can be considered as one of the greatest achievements of forensic science and it should 
also be considered as one of the effective means of proving certain crimes. But this method 
applied by the forensic experts is also not flawless and it is a fact that recently there have been 
many occasions in which it has been found that DNA test results have been manipulated or have 
been rendered wrongly. Recently forensic evidences like DNA test reports, as evidence, have 
been vehemently challenged and “Laboratory temperature variances are a source of challenge 
because DNA is very sensitive to environmental conditions and…If the sample evidence is 
contaminated before PCR amplification, the identity of the donor may be masked by over 
amplification” (Shelton, 2009, p.324). So, judging from this angle it can be said that still now 
forensic science cannot claim to have formulated methods of safeguarding evidences from being 
misused in court situations.  
(202 words) 
References  
Shelton, D.E. (2009).

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