Practicing Your Knowledge

The only way to get a true perspective of what a job is like is to shadow. This is exactly what I need over the weekend.  From 8- 12 Saturday morning I went to the Lansing District Court. There I was able to experience the atmosphere of lawyers, judges, and victims. I witnessed various parts of a trial. Fortunately, I was able to witness the direct examination of witnesses. This allowed me to see exactly how forensic evidence was presented. The prosecutors used visual aids and photographs to show blood samples and DNA.  If I were to become a crime scene investigator this would be the type of evidence I would give the prosecutors to use to help convict. But unfortunately, the defense came back with the defense that there were problems in contamination by the investigators. This would get very frustrating for the crime scene investigators because they have devoted there lives to this study and know how to do there jobs. After the defense spoke, the judge issued a recess for the rest of the day. From this experience I realize that this field of study is fast paced and may not always be fair. This got me questioning whether or not I can deal with all the injustice in the world.