Activity 3

Case Study
News Clippings Activity on Evidence Distortion
(To be submitted on Wednesday)

Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________________

Year and Section: ________________________ Score: ______________________

Sub-Activity 1 – News Clippings

OBJECTIVE:
This activity aims to inculcate the factors that causes evidence distortion.

PROCEDURE:

1. Find news report pertaining to evidence distortion. The source is either newspaper or down
loaded from internet

2. Attach the news item in this activity; and

3. Based on the news item, answer the following questions:

a. What caused the evidence distortion?

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b. Could the distorted evidence still bear evidential value and why?
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c. What should be the proper method applied to avoid the same or similar distortion of
evidence? Briefly explain the answer.
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PASTE THE NEWS ITEM HERE

 Activity 4
Practical Case-Based Scenario
Actual Marking of Evidence
(To be submitted 4th Friday of the Semester)

Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________________

Year and Section: ________________________ Score: ______________________

OBJECTIVE:
This activity aims to inculcate the correct and proper marking of physical evidence found, extracted
and collected at the crime scene.

PROCEDURE:

1. Draw and cut one (1) sample of any material that could be recovered at the scene of the crime.

2. Mark properly the drawn material, label and seal the same.

3. Attach the said material in the space provided below

ATTACH THE MATERIAL HERE

4. Answer the following questions:

a. Describe the material

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b. Describe the area where the material was marked

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c. Write the markings made in the material in the space below

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d. Why did you make markings in that area?

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e. Can you mark the material in some other parts and why?
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f. What is the purpose of sealing and or labeling the marked evidence?

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