Issues in criminal justice

This essay hasn't yet been marked by one of our teachers

You can view 2 essays on Criminal law that have been Marked by Teachers

The first 200 words of this essay...

Issues in Criminal Justice

Law Assignment 2

Denzil has been charged with the murder of Phoebe, aged 17. His defence will be one of complete denial. When interviewed by the police, Denzil admitted the offence; but he now insists that he did so only because the police pretended to have found DNA evidence linking him to the crime. They had no such evidence.

Glass fragments from a window broken at the scene of the crime have been compared with minute glass fragments found embedded in Denzil's clothing. According to a report prepared by Dr Holmes, a forensic scientist who will be called to testify for the prosecution, the chemical composition and refractive index of glass fragments taken from the crime scene exactly match that of the fragments recovered from Denzil's clothing. She added that only two percent of all glass used in the UK would match the glass from the crime scene, and concludes that the fragments found on Denzil's clothing "must beyond reasonable doubt have got there when he broke the window as he killed the deceased".

Denzil's wife and mother could each give evidence supporting the prosecution case; but they are reluctant to