Title: (Optional) Explain rules of evidence.
Course: Public Safety II (15101-II) > Section: CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Understanding the Rule of Law

Explanation should include

- definition of evidence, material evidence, chain of evidence, and rules of evidence
- importance of maintaining the chain of evidence from the point of seizure through trial
- the collection, tagging, preservation, and transportation of evidence
- reasons for excluding evidence at a trial
- the meaning of hearsay evidence and its admissibility at a trial.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the exclusionary rule?
- What is hearsay evidence?
- What does chain of evidence mean?
- What are the consequences of not correctly preserving and maintaining the chain of evidence?