forensic-science

Vikrant Diwakar, Delhi High Court ABSTRACT Forensic evidence has become an important part of criminal investigations and court cases in India. DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensic toxicology, ballistics, checking documents and digital evidence can help courts understand what happened and connect people, things and places. However forensic evidence is not the same as being completely correct. Mist…

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Aditya Shrivastava, LL.M., UGC-NET, Ph.D. (Pursuing), Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore ABSTRACT Scientific evidence, particularly DNA profiling, has become an indispensable tool in modern legal proceedings for both criminal investigations and civil disputes. By utilizing advanced biochemical techniques to extract and analyze unique genetic compositions, DNA testing offers high scientific preci…

There was a time when criminals with identical twins could commit serious crimes and still get away with them.

BackgroundSoil is a common form of trace evidence in forensic investigations, and its indigenous microbial communities hold promise for geographic provenance determination. However, most existing studies focus on macro-scale soil microbial patterns, with limited understanding of their small-scale spatiotemporal dynamics. This study collected soil samples across multiple time points from a small-s…

arXiv:2609.09887v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLMs have been used to simulate human decision-making in professional settings, yet their behaviors in common-law jury trials remain unexplored. We study when and how a defendant's courtroom statement affects LLM-simulated jurors, focusing on persuasion, ideological bias, and background-based affinity. To support the analysis, we introduce JuryBen…

Several decades ago, John Hinckley fired four shots with intent to kill President Ronald Reagan, acting on a deluded belief that that would impress the then-teenaged actress Jodie Foster, who would ...

Security controls are increasingly implemented in ways that can limit access to information required for an investigation. The post When Digital Forensics Reaches The Hardware Layer appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .