Nontestiomonal evidence generally refers to physical evidence including personal items that may be within or part of a person’s body such as: Ingested drugs Foreign objects Blood Medical implants Concerns over-non testimonial evidence involve Right to privacy issues Body cavity searches Electronic eavesdropping Electronic evidence The USA patriot act of 2001 The patriot act of 2001 made it easier for police investigators to intercept many forms of electronic communication The USA patriot act 2 The provisions of the patriot act Contained sunset clauses set to expire in 2005 the 2006 USA patriot act reauthorization 11/9/09 Laws are found in statutory provisions and constitutional enactments as well as hundreds of yrs of ruling by courts at all levels Statutory law = written or codified law on the books as enacted by government body or agency having the power to make laws the written form of criminal law is the penal code Casew law law that results from judicial decisions Judicial precedent Built on legal reasoning and past interpretations of stat law Guides decision making especially in the courts Common law the tradional body of un-written precedents Law Criminal law/penal law Civil law Administrative
Nontestiomonal evidence generally refers to physical evidence including personal items that may be within or part of a person’s body such as: Ingested drugs Foreign objects Blood Medical implants Concerns over-non testimonial evidence involve Right to privacy issues Body cavity searches Electronic eavesdropping Electronic evidence The USA patriot act of 2001 The patriot act of 2001 made it easier for police investigators to intercept many forms of electronic communication The USA patriot act 2 The provisions of the patriot act Contained sunset clauses set to expire in 2005 the 2006 USA patriot act reauthorization 11/9/09 Laws are found in statutory provisions and constitutional enactments as well as hundreds of yrs of ruling by courts at all levels Statutory law = written or codified law on the books as enacted by government body or agency having the power to make laws the written form of criminal law is the penal code Casew law law that results from judicial decisions Judicial precedent Built on legal reasoning and past interpretations of stat law Guides decision making especially in the courts Common law the tradional body of un-written precedents Law Criminal law/penal law Civil law Administrative