Romeo And Juliet Forensic Evidence

Crimes happen everyday and they have for thousands of years. To solve crimes, we now use modern technology or forensic tools but even though most cases are solved, some are left untouched along with the perpetrator. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence should be considered innocent of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because of forensic evidence and the testimony
Friar Lawrence did not kill Romeo because of forensic evidence that is backed up by the testimony. For example, from the Coroner’s Forensic Report Bob states that there was evidence of fingerprints from the bottle poison, “Fingerprints include partial print from Apothecary of Mantua, full prints from Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.” (Harper-Leatherman 2). As a rule, if someone were to make a poison, their fingerprints would be on the bottle. The only prints were of the Apothecary of Mantua, Juliet and Romeo. Therefore, Friar Lawrence didn't make the poison that killed Romeo.
To further support this, the Prince read a letter that Romeo sent a to Friar Lawrence when he was informed of Juliet's death, “Here he writes the …show more content…
From the Coroner’s Forensic Report of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague Bob states the cause of Juliet's death, and the evidence of fingerprints on the dagger. “Cause of Death: Juliet Capulet: Dagger wound ceases heart function. DNA Fingerprint Results: Dagger: Full prints recovered from both Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet” (Harper-Leatherman 2). This proves that the cause of her death was not the poison but the dagger in her stomach. In addition to this, generally if you were to kill someone with a dagger, your fingerprints would be on the knife.The only fingerprints that were on the dagger were only those of Romeo and Juliet.This then proves that Friar Lawrence did not kill

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