The purpose of this study was to examine the responsibility and process proving wife as perpetrator crime murdering her husband at Medan Polrestabes regarding decision no. 907/Pid.B/2020/PN.Mdn. type research is normative juridical law, namely legal on principles. To prove act that charged a defendant in belief really guilty, court conducts an examination known proof. Article 184 paragraph (1) ...

Analysis of either footprints or footwear impressions which have been recovered from a crime scene is a well known and well accepted part of forensic investigation. When this evidence is obtained by investigating officers, comparative analysis to a suspect’s evidence may be undertaken. This can be done either by the detectives or in some cases, podiatrists with experience in forensic analysis. ...

Two case studies are presented involving fatal falls of adult females from a height. One involved a launch at low speed from a balcony, and one involved a launch at high speed from the top of a cliff. Crime scene evidence obtained on the balcony itself provided a strong indication of homicide, but subsequent investigation showed that the fall was accidental. No crime scene evidence was obtained...

Estimating haplotype frequencies is important in e.g. forensic genetics, where the frequencies are needed to calculate the likelihood ratio for the evidential weight of a DNA profile found at a crime scene. Estimation is naturally based on a population model, motivating the investigation of the Fisher-Wright model of evolution for haploid lineage DNA markers. An exponential family (a class of p...

Introduction: In cases of infant deaths that have the legal nature, there are problems in determining the causes of death. Post-mortem assessments in this age group require the more different approaches than adults for both autopsy techniques and examinations. Aim: By examining the infant death cases, it was aimed to draw attention to the points to be considered in the autopsy cases and the cau...

Fingermarks are among the most important types of evidence that can be encountered at the scene of a crime since the unique ridge pattern of a fingerprint can be used for individualization. But fingermarks contain more than the characteristic pattern of ridges and furrows, they are composed of a wide variety of different components that originate from endogenous and exogenous sources. The chemi...

During July, 1991, two young boys were brutally attacked by multiple teenaged assailants while fishing at a suburban Connecticut pond. After being accosted at knife point, the victims were bound with duct tape, beaten with a baseball bat and dragged into the pond to drown. One victim managed to free himself, rescue his colleague, and summon help from local residents. An exhaustive investigation...