Murder

Forensic scientists work with physical evidence, ie, "data presented to a court or jury in proof of the facts in issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses, records, documents or objects." Physical evidence is teal or tangible and can HteraHy include almost anything, eg, the transient scent of perfume on the clothing of an assault victim the metaboHte of a dmg detected in the urine of an individual in a driving-under-the-influence-of-dmgs case the scene of an explosion or bullets removed from a murder victim s body. 

The other purpose for which physical evidence is used is to develop associative evidence in a case. Physical evidence may help to prove a victim or suspect was at a specific location, or that the two came in contact with one another. In one case, building material debris (wooden splinters, tar paper, insulation material) was found on a blanket used to wrapped a body that was found dumped at the side of a road. The evidence suggested an attic and eventually led detectives to the location where the murder occurred. 

Outcome. After consideration by the jury, defense testimony was rejected and Juarez was found guilty of second degree murder. 

This was the first time in the history of the State that an individual was convicted of murder based upon an automobile collision while under the influence of PCP. 

The diminished capacity defense associated with PCP intoxication has frequently been used as an explanation of an individual s conduct. In 1981, this explanation was the sentral issue in the case of People vs. Richard Cavesuella et al. that became known as the Mt. Madonna murders. 

Outcome. The jury deliberated for 2 weeks before deciding that Cavesuella was guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstances. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 

Father was an alcoholic and died in his 50s of cirrhosis mother is alive and has an anxiety disorder and emphysema brother was incarcerated for attempted murder and drug trafficking sister has an anxiety disorder and self-medicates with marijuana SH... 

Violence has also expanded into the public schools to a degree never before observed. Metropolitan areas are seeing almost daily reports of students bringing knives and guns into the schools. In fact, a recent survey showed that 11% of teachers and 23% of students nationwide have been victims of violence in school.219 In addition to the suffering and loss of life, the monetary cost to society of every murder is calculated at 2.4 million.220... 

Then Warwick captured my father and my brother John, and murdered them before the walls of Coventry. When I heard the news it was like being struck in the face by a bloodied fist. My father. My brother. A double grief. 

I could not make a parade of my sorrow, but no woman who has not loved a man as tall and broad as Edward can understand the comfort I found in his arms as nowhere else. If sometimes the release of passion also released my tears for my family, he understood, for he, too, had had a father and a brother murdered. Not long after Candlemas I was with child again. 

The thought of Arthur had never troubled me much, and not at all now that I, too, had given Edward a son. Arthur s mother seemed content to live retired, and he was a pretty child who caused no trouble when he did lodge in the nursery with my children. But I would not have Edward think of him, even were it only to take his thoughts from his murdered brother, this night of all nights. 

He was hurting me, but I pressed my mouth to his. He tasted stale, of Rhenish and weariness. Then he pulled away and said, You are not frightened to kiss a murderer ... 

You are no murderer, sire, so I will kiss you. I made to kiss him again, but still he pulled away. 

Trow, M.J. Who killed Kit Marlowe a contract to murder in Elizabethan England., 2002. 

Set in medieval times. Brother Thomas and his assistant are sent to investigate the case of Cecilia- an enigmatic visionary. Meanwhile other events intervene— a grisly murder, an alchemist s revelations and thr betrothal of Henry III — all seem to touch upon Cecilia s fate—and they find themselves ensnared in a web of intrigue and corruption reaching to the highest levels of the land and to the depths of the human soul... 

Drawn back to India by her half-sister, whose husband may have murdered his first wife, Rosalind is caught in an intricate web linking Bombay s eunuchs and its gaudy film world, her best weapon is not a gun but her knowledge of science and alchemy... 

Oldfeld, Peter. The alchemy murder. New York Washburn, 1929. 315p. 

Alivet saves every penny to pay her sister s unbonding fee, but her plan is destroyed when one of her potions kills a wealthy client—and Alivet finds herself wanted for murder. Her only hope is the darkly attractive man who may have engineered her downfall but who still offers her a last chance of salvation. A Poison Master from the planet Hathes, Arieth Mahedi Ghairen needs an alchemist of Alivet s expertise to find the one drug that can take down the Lords— and free the universe from their rule. 

New Orleans had changed dramatically since Rillieux s birth. Four hundred steamboats wheeled up and down the Mississippi River, and the city s population had multiplied six times. Crime was flourishing, and murders seemed to be everyday occurrences. In the golden age of New Orleans dueling, almost every white man in public life had fought at least one duel. Defending one s honor was a serious matter, and Rillieux s prickly pride may have reflected this part of his New Orleans heritage. 

The Elements of Murder A History of Poison. Oxford University Press, New York, USA (2006)... 

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