Criminal Investigations

Criminal Investigations

There are many laws that are put in place to help criminal investigators. The laws are put in place to give the criminal investigators a better chance on solving the crime, be effective and deterrence of future crimes. Aberjhani said, "Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man's flesh and blood life, especially when there is any amount of "doubt" at all regarding his guilt or innocence." The value is put on technicalities to unsure that the truth is said and justice is indeed done. There never needs to be a mistake when it comes to justice and the law. Laws are made to help criminal investigators solve the crime and ensure the guilty is caught and punished.

The development of new laws causes the criminal investigators responsibilities to change quite often. The new laws can affect the criminal investigators because if they don't process the case correctly the person that is guilty may walk away free and without being punished to the full strength of the law. A good example is the law stating that a person has to give there confession on video camera in the state of Connecticut. The confession must be recorded on more serious crimes. This means that by law that if the confession is not recorded electronically or digitally that the case may not stick on the person. A guilty individual may squeeze through the cracks and not be punished by the law. Also recording the confession can help the criminal investigators by being able to look over the confession and see if there was anything that was missed. It is like preserving the crime scene that is very important to a criminal investigator (Laws About Crime Scene Investigators, 2011). The crime scene but be unaltered, so it can be looked at again to ensure. So must the confession of a suspect. A good lawyer knows the laws and knows how to get the client out of the situation if the criminal investigators have not handled the case within the law. So laws that come into effect can affect criminal investigators responsibilities.

One law that the state of Connecticut has pass is a law that says the all convicted felonies must have their Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) on file (Breaking down the state's new criminal justice laws, 2011). Whenever a felon is convicted their Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is put on file. This law has a positive effect on criminal investigators. Was a crime is done and there is Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at the scene the criminal investigators can track the person down a lot quicker if the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is in the database. This tool can be better affective is used correctly, but like the finger print if their print is not in the database it will mean nothing. Even though Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is very affective it you don't have the right person to match the