Overview
This paper gives information about forensic information and evidence. Having presented a case scenario, this paper gives some of the major forensic evidence which can be adopted in ensuring that the culprit has been hunted down. Basically, as per the presented scenario, the paper identifies forensic evidence that might be available in the case. The paper also explains the significance of each type of evidence that has been listed, and how it can be adapted for forensic purposes.
Introduction
In the practice of law, there are very many things that are usually put into consideration to facilitate the provision of the right evidence in any incidence or scenario. In carrying out any jurisdiction, evidence is necessary during the forensic investigation; such evidence will be founded on the propositions and signs that appear to present the events in the scene. Once a certain sign has been identified, the forensic study will be necessary for revealing the major developments and elements that can be utilized in getting the culprits behind the crime. Proper investigation is needed in which all possible sources of evidence are scrutinized and organized to give an impression of what might have precisely taken place. Once this information and evidence have been obtained, it becomes possible for the criminal officers to make follow-ups and carry out investigative procedures to pin down the criminal and the culprits behind the happening.
Forensic Evidence
Evidence which can be used in understanding crime and robbery is important and worth studying. There tend to be several pieces of evidence that are admissible. This begins with materials, objects, environment, facts, documents, and testimonies. However, when an accident or a robbery has happened, it is usually believed that the robbers and criminals will leave some evidence that is important in a criminal investigation. Some materials and instruments used to execute any kind of crime will have to be traced as well to establish the procedure through which the crime might have taken place. This projection of evidence and assumption is necessary for understanding the nature of crime or robbery, and thereafter establishing the ways through which the crime might have taken occurred, and the people that may have been behind such criminal involvement.
Forensic evidence is obtained by having a selection of criminal materials and which can lead to the arrest of the culprits behind the crime. Forensic evidence means that some materials will be obtained from the crime scene, packed, then taken into the laboratory, and analyzed by forensic experts. In carrying out criminal investigations, any material that has been identified at the crime scene is necessary for the examination. Such materials will be analyzed and noted to identify some information that can be adopted to bring the criminals into the book and make to be accountable for their actions. The understanding of law requires that there should be enough information and understanding when it comes to forensic science. This makes it easy to execute any kind of law against the accused. The use of forensic evidence is necessary for several major reasons. One, it ensures that the criminal is wrapped up, and two, it ensures that innocent people have not been falsely accused, hence making this projection of law worthwhile. For instance, this case study gives an appropriate understanding of how evidence can be deduced from a criminal act.
Presentation of the Scenario
at 123 Aspen Street in Nutwood, there is a Beyond Petroleum Service Station, BP. The service station consists of a self-service shop which has an office behind it. On 1st April at 6.00 am, Rupert, who worked in the station, and his friend Barney, who had called in for a cup of coffee, was on the premises. Rupert went outside the building to clean up the area before the end of his shift. While doing this, he heard footsteps and turned and saw a man wearing a balaclava, rubber gloves, a dark motorcycle-style jacket, and overalls. This man was holding a revolver which he pointed at Rupert and ordered him back into the shop area. Inside the shop, the man ordered Rupert to go behind the counter where Barney was standing. Pointing the firearm at them, he demanded that they give him the money from the till. He further demanded the locking of the shop doors; Rupert operated a switch that facilitated this. A demand was also made that the lights be turned off; however, the man was informed that this was not possible. The intruder threw an orange garbage bag at Barney and ordered him to fill it with cigarettes. Barney was not yet persuaded that the incident was a serious one and refused. This annoyed the man who fired the gun and a bullet passed between Barney and Rupert and lodged in the wall behind them.
Rupert then handed over to the man 402.00 dollars, which was the entire cash in the till. Having given out the amount, Barney began to fill the bag with packets of cigarettes. The robber fired a second shot which struck a radio cassette in the office area, whereby Barney courageously tackled him. They fell to the floor and struggled for possession of the gun. Barney shouted to Rupert to make a call to the police which he did. During the struggle, Barney was literally on top of the robber who fired a bullet that passed through his left leg and lodged into his thigh. During the struggle Barney struck the robber several times around his head and eventually obtained the firearm and went into the office area, closing the door behind him. Because the other doors were locked, the robber was now trapped. He shouted, ‘They made me do it. Let me go, please let me go!’ The man then picked up a car battery, hurled it twice at the laminated plate glass doors, and made a hole sufficient to squeeze through.
While he was squeezing himself, he cut himself and some blood remained on the broken glass. Rupert on the other hand left through the back door. Together with the security guard, they drove off after the offender who had begun to run towards Chestnut Avenue. A figure was later seen in that street and a man was seen entering a blue Commodore motor car. He appeared to be staggering somewhat. Rupert and the security guard followed this car after it drove off for about one kilometer. During the run-off, the security guard noted that the registration of the Blue Commodore was CFJ 043. Barney who had been shot on the left leg was later taken to hospital where he underwent surgery to remove the bullet. He was unable to work for six weeks and had some lingering effects from the injury but no continued disability. During police inquiries concerning the robbery, it was discovered that a blue Commodore CFJ 342 was registered in the name of Charlie Dawkins’ father, and this car was recovered from 2 Almond Avenue Nutwood, the home address of Charlie’s girlfriend Nancy.
Forensic Evidence Available in this Case
From the nature of the above scenario, there are quite several pieces of evidence that can be adopted by the police in their investigation of the robbery. Such evidence can thus be adopted in ensuring that the best forensic studies have been done and with the relevant information obtained which will be necessary for pinning down the criminal that was suspected to have intruded the BP Service Station. Obtaining this information is necessary for progressing the understanding of the crime and in bringing the culprit into a book. The following are sources of evidence obtained from the scene.
Firearm Revolver: having entered the service shop, the robber had a revolver which he used to scare the people in the shop which made it possible for him to execute the robbery effectively. Having entered into the service station shop, the firearm must have contained some important information that would be adopted in search of the possible robber behind the crime. Having been enclosed in the shop, the gun became a major source of evidence that can be effectively used by the police in getting information about the criminal activity.
Blood: having obtained the car battery, the robber threw it into the laminated plate glass, making an opening where he spaced through. While trying to escape from the Service Station shop, the robber squeezed himself into this opening, and while doing so he injured himself and left blood on the glass. This blood can be used to get the DNA analysis of the criminal by analyzing it in the forensic laboratory. Blood and any other material from a human body can be adequately used in providing evidence against any given individual believed to have been engaged in criminal activity. Therefore, this is a major source of evidence that may be used in looking for the suspect who had committed the robbery.
Car Battery: while trying to escape from the building, the man held the car battery, and hence some possible traces of evidence can be obtained from this handling. This will need to be analyzed to find out whether any possible information can be obtained from it.
Rupert, Barney, and the Security Guard: With this kind of scenario as it has been presented, it would be necessary to note that Rupert, Barney, and the Security Guard are the three major individuals whose presence during the occurrence of this scenario can be necessary and an important source of evidence, altogether, it will ensure that appropriate forensic search has been done by the police. These three persons were the main witnesses to the crime and hence an important source of the police investigation. In that case, the three individuals will be adopted and be utilized by the police to provide first-hand information which would help in understanding the nature and occurrence of the crime. The fact that these three people were at the service station makes it good evidence for this kind of research in getting precise information about the robbery.
Despite the other people that the police will use in hunting the suspects to the robbery, the three witnesses will remain to be key evidence that will be utilized by the police. They have a clear picture of how the robbers looked and how they carried out the attack. With such basic information, they will be able to keenly follow through with the other pieces of evidence obtained from the scene and get a clearer direction. In such cases, it may not matter how long they take to identify the criminals. All that matters is that the correct information is obtained that will enhance the administration of justice.
Bullet: from the presentation of this scenario, it is seen that Barney was shot during the struggle with the robber who had come for robbery at the service station. Barney who has been shot on the left leg was later taken to hospital where he underwent surgery to remove the bullet. In this case, the bullet removed from Barney’s body can be used to give possible evidence of the kind of weapon used. The police will also be able to know the origin of the gun and bullets used by the robber by critically analyzing their make. This would be an important source of evidence that makes it possible to understand the robber and his intention. This would be a useful source of evidence that would be of great importance to the police in bringing the robber from undercover.
The Blue Commodore, CFJ 043: As presented in this scenario, during police inquiries concerning the robbery, it was discovered that a blue Commodore CFJ 342 was registered in the name of Charlie Dawkins’ father this car was recovered from 2 Almond Avenue Nutwood, the home address of Charlie’s girlfriend, Nancy. Looking at this kind of information, there appear to be two contradicting number plates of the blue commodore, which one is CFJ 342 and CFJ 042. Here we have some food for thought, for instance, what should be noted is that the Guard might have misjudgment the number plate registration of the car in which the first digit 0 of the car must have appeared to him as 3.
In such a case, it would be necessary to note the possibility of this evidence being pure forensic. It can be adopted in trying to understand the moves behind the robbery and how it might have been carried out. It is well known that some robbers and criminals tend to change the number plates of their vehicles, and this might have been the same thing behind this kind of occurrence. While this is the case, it would be necessary to have Charlie Dawkins’ father, Charlie, and Nancy presents appropriate information which will help in making sure the relevant information has been outsourced in this occurrence. In that case, this would be necessary for making sure appropriate evidence collection has been done. They will then come up with approaches that shall make sure that the culprit has been brought into the book.
Conclusion
Through this kind of description, any possible source of evidence should be critically analyzed and studied to understand the developments behind any robbery and criminal activity. Forensic operations or information is a term that has been used over the years in dealing with any collection of evidence that can be used as a source of evidence against a given individual. Any form of information and evidence obtained is usually viewed for admissibility towards being used as evidence in court. Forensic evidence would be useful in this kind of case in making sure that the police and forensic experts come up with final information which can make it possible and easy to arrest the suspected person who may have engaged in the robbery.