In large part, criminal defense cases have remained unchanged since America was founded. Technological developments merely brought television reporting into the courtroom and changed the format of recording trials, from steno to taping trials (reel-to-reel courtroom recordings). However, the way cases were charged and defended remained unchanged.
In 1986, advanced science made a big appearance in the criminal scene when DNA was used in England in a criminal prosecution. In the ensuing decades, DNA is reversing convictions from the 1960s and 1970s; ... Read More
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In some criminal cases involving firearms, there may be an open question as to whether a given person is in possession of a firearm or used such in a crime. These cases range from illegal possession of a firearm by a prohibited person (such as a felon) where there are multiple people near the firearm to linking it to a crime to murder cases. There are five key ways a prosecutor (or defense counsel) may link or challenge a gun to a person or crime.
The first is the oldest and ... Read More