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**SCIENCE IN COURT** Science is increasingly used in court, where is appears in a variety of guises. Equiptment used to gather evidence for the courts may be well-established (ex. breathalysers) or its scientific validity may still be in question (ex. lie detectors). Scientists themselves may act as expert witnesses, presenting evidence in courts. In criminal courts, the frequency with which forensic evidence is used depends on the offence. In cases of murder, forensic science evidence is almost always presented. Scientific evidence is also increasingly used in more common crimes such as burglary or car theft; when DNA evidence is available, the detection rate for domestic burglary goes up from 15% to 45%. Due to science (forensic pathology), some crimes that might go or have already gone to the court such as murder, theft, etc, can be solved no matter how big or small the offence.

**Forensic Pathology**  Definition according to Dictionary.com is : a branch of medicine used for legal purposes and concerned with determining cause of death, examination of injuries due to crime and negligence, and examination of tissue samples relevant to crimes; also called forensic science.

 If you click the link below it is an example of how the Forensic Science works and how they operate in the intense CSI : Miami Television Show. CSI Video

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