Convicting The Rapist In Nigeria

Despite the stringent punitive measures designed by law on sexual offenders, in Nigeria, rape cases are among the most difficult to prosecute and achieving convictions of sexual offenders is less common than those of theft or drug trafficking.

Verifying A Suspect's Alibi With Pollen Fingerprinting

He lured his friend to hut at the foot of a mountain with the promise to supply him with  hallucinogenic amphetamine tablets  as compensation for a failed drug deal. Instead, he shot the friend at close range in the back of the head with a .303 rifle...shattering his skull.

The Criminal With Heart For Humanity

His name is Collin Pitchfork, a local baker. He raped and killed two teenage girls.

Would Knowledge Of Maximum Prison Sentence Deter The Would-be Rapist?

Every day rape is committed. The newspapers, radios and TVs  report cases daily. The internet is full of rape incidents. Headlines with stories such as Boko haram rape hundreds of female captives and 5 men gang raping 15-year old for two weeks  

The Unborn Witness

How can your son be a signatory witness to a property document 18 years before he was born?

Nigerian Case Files: Criminal And Civil Cases. (Coming Soon!)

Watching crime solving movies like the various CSI series, Criminal Minds, Law and Order, The Mentalist...  Forensic Files really caught mine keen attention.

With due regards to others, Forensic Files seems to be the only series that based its production on actual cases using both fictional and real characters to project the effectiveness of forensic science in solving crimes.

The Burden Of Forensic Experts In Legal Matters

Expertise and demonstrable knowledge in a particular field of study qualifies a person to become an expert witness and thereby able to give expert opinion in a court of law. 

Fingerprint Age Determination: The Possibility Of When

No two fingerprints are ever the same even for identical twins. So, in a theft case, Peter cannot really blame Paul if his fingerprints were found at the crime scene. There will be a distinction between their fingerprints when analysed. If this is so for twins, how much distinction will it be among unrelated individuals. Imagine the wide expanse of difference that will be.

Facebookers: Beware Of What You Like!

Some people can be very unscrupulous indeed. To them, it is an opportunity to make the most of the given situation. They prey on human emotions, empathy...with the intention to rip you off. It is unfortunate that many have fallen for their tricks...

17 Revealing Facts About Suicide Bombers And Suicide Bombing

There is no country that faces constant threat of terrorism that doesn't wish to see its end. I mean, the end of terrorism. Every nation that is battling with suicide bombers will do anything, give anything to experience some sort of peace. Imagine a world, a society without suicide bombers or terrorists!(I think it exists only on print.) What was the world like before terrorism...suicide bombing?