Watch the video link below through Bellevue College (library–link to Kanopy) 33 minutes long. You will need to complete the questions below with depth, breadth, proper case law citation, and grammar/spelling.  With all your answers combined you should have 1-2 typed pages.

Link (https://bellevuecollege.kanopy.com/product/guilty-until-proven-innocent)

Articles about Joyce Gilchrist: Link (https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/joyce-gilchrist)

1. Tell me about Joyce Gilchrist police chemist (who she worked for, how many cases she worked on, how many received death sentences, and what types of evidence and chemistry she worked on). When did the F.B.I. start to investigate Gilchrist? What did they find out about the cases they reviewed of hers?

2. In minute two of the video you are introduced to forensic fact #1 (about blood and hair type analysis). Explain the difference between class evidence and individual evidence. 

3. What are the three main areas identified about Gilchrist’s malpractice in her work with the Oklahoma City Police Department.  Why was she considered a “hired gun” for the prosecution?

4. Tell me about the cases of Mark Fowler and Robert Lee Miller Jr. and the “trails of evidence” Gilchrist identified.  How did the police also prove to hurt the case against Miller? Who was the real rapist and killer?

5. Explain the 2004 Madrid bombing (where, how many were killed, motives believed for the bombing, suspect groups involved).  Where was the fingerprint found? What did Interpol do with the fingerprint; who did they send it to and what program was used in U.S. to identify the print?

6. Give me the background on Brandon Mayfield and why he became a person of interest to the F.B.I.  What is LFP-17 and how many candidates fit into “most likely” for the print from the bombing?  Agent Terry Green of the F.B.I. found how many points of a “match” to Mayfield’s print?  How many other examiners also reviewed the print comparison?

7. Explain the two acts (FISA & Patriot) that were used to  allow the F.B.I. to investigate Mayfield covertly.  What does a “sneak and peak” warrant entail? Did the Spanish police agree with the F.B.I.’s analysis of the print of Mayfield?

8. What three points did the F.B.I. use against Mayfield to believe he was involved in the bombing? What  evidence/alibi did Mayfield have about his whereabouts during the Madrid bombing time-frame? Who did the Spanish police arrest and believed committed the bombing?

9. What is “minutiae”? What did the Inspector General’s report find were issues with the Brandon Mayfield case? Do you agree with the outcome of the report?  Why do you think experts ignored the upper-left quadrant of LFP-17 not matching Mayfield’s print? Do you think there was any bias against Mayfield because he was Muslim?

10. What were your overall thoughts about the new information you learned about forensic science and its use in the criminal justice system for arrests and convictions? Do TV shows and films show these flaws and issues or do they give a overall sense of scientific “certainty”?

  Inspector General’s Report:https://oig.justice.gov/special/s0601/exec.pdf