forensics

The mentally ill offender is considered to be an independent category when discussing the typology of perpetrators. Mental illness shares many of the risk factors present in the other categories of parricide offenders; however, there has been little research into the relationship dynamics between victim and perpetrator, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.ObjectivesThe objectives of this research …

An illegal immigrant has been jailed for life for murdering a man in the UK just three years after serving a sentence in Romania for a “strikingly similar” killing.

Santhosh, The Central Law College, Salem, Tamil Nadu ABSTRACT Narcoanalysis, together with allied scientific interrogation techniques such as the polygraph (lie-detector) test and the Brain Electrical Activation Profile (BEAP), has been employed by Indian investigating agencies as a supposed aid to uncovering the truth in criminal cases. While proponents present these methods as valuable investig…

Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé, founder and director of the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC), conducted two four-hour training sessions on August 13-14 at Mexico's Directorate-General for Consular Protection and Strategic Planning, a division of the country's Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Katie Takeuchi, legal fellow at the EJC, joined Gurulé…

A prosecutor tells an Australian court triple-murderer Erin Patterson should never be released from prison after she poisoned four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms

A judge is set to consider whether to grant Texas teen Karmelo Anthony a new trial following his murder conviction in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet

Expert opinion is necessary as part of the justice system – but nobody is asking if the experts are fit for the task and if their evidence is reliable.