Forensic science to boost judicial system
Presidential Communications Operations (PCO) Secretary Herminio "Sonny" Coloma said the Aquino administration will strengthen the judicial system, particularly the use of forensic science to lessen dependency on personal testimonies.
"We would like to strengthen the witness protection program," said Coloma, noting that the "problem with our (current) system is we're overly dependent on personal testimony kasi mahina ang ating forensic science [We lack capability in forensic science]."
"If we would be able to strengthen our capability in forensic science, we will be less dependent on personal testimonies," added Coloma.
He lamented that currently, local crime scene investigation remains weak with only 18 percent of the crimes in the country are litigated and usually takes six years.
Moreover, Coloma intimated the government is seriously considering an upward adjustment in judicial spending.
"The spending for the judicial system is very small so he's (President Aquino) determined to increase the spending [for the judicial system]," he said.
Local experts earlier disclosed that a fuller adoption of the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) forensic technology is needed to fast-track crime solving in the country.
Forensic DNA technology is already being widely used in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada, and the United States to facilitate criminal proceedings.
Aside from criminal investigations, DNA forensics can also help evaluate filiations in disputed parentage cases; and help identify mass disaster victims.
I am interested with this one...I guess due to the fact that I am a fan of CSI (Miami, Las Vegas, and New York) as well as NCIS (DC and LA....
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with this proposal...and all I can say when I read this is "OMG" we do not practice DNA forensic technology!!!!! now I know why we can't solve much of our criminal cases...and I guess there are lot more technology that we are not using just bec......you already know why.... budget!!!...
hhhmmmm....
ReplyDeleteon my point of view.....
the reasons why we have a poor forensic side is beacuse....
1. budget...I guess this word explain itself.
2. schools... foresic science...when I googled this...looking for a school here in the Philippines, I came across with a school under the government and which is available to law enforcers (police and the like)
.... and talking about schools... do you know that it is hard to go into an online educational system that most other countries offer just because I happened to live in the Philippines...there are lot of online school that offers online education about forensic science and everything about it... but access is difficult.
3.is only available to limited people (police)
so... since the government wants to widen their forensic side...I guess... education should also be available to medical field courses such as Med tech for the toxicology and other evidences related to it, Nursing...many countries now offers Forensic Nursing, of course Doctors for the autopsy and the like...I guess this one is being practice...since doctors are the one who replace coroners.. years ago...
hhhmmmmm... speaking of coroners...did you know the reason why doctors replaced them???
ReplyDeletethey said that during the time of the coroners...lot of investigations were missed diagnosed and so on..and when the 2 were combined... there are lot of conflict of opinion about the cause of death of dead victims....
.they said the reason is...coroners did not have proper education so...they cling into medicine (the Doctors)