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...blueprint that distinguishes each person. Forensic testing can determine if distinctive patterns in the genetic material found at a crime scene matches the DNA in a potential perpetrator with better than 99% accuracy. In 1987, Florida rapist Tommie Lee Andrews became the first person in the U.S. to be convicted as a result of DNA evidence; he was sentenced to 22 years behind bars. The next year, a Virginia killer dubbed the "South Side Strangler" was sentenced to death after DNA linked him to several rapes and murders around Richmond. DNA is also responsible for snaring Gary Ridgway, the infamous...
...agent asked how I knew this. A rumor, I answered, adding I had no idea whether there was any truth to it. I'm certain the FBI agent took notes, but only to file them away. An FBI agent needs solid, actionable information - solid enough to arrest people, convict them in a court of law and put them behind bars. In this case, the FBI needed an address, a phone number, a license plate - anything to act on. On the other hand, the CIA is conditioned to steal anything that looks like a secret, even a suspect one, letting analysts...
...ways to do the same math cavemen did, proper license plate thickness).Thank you all for your time and your kind attention, and congratulations on _____ (graduating, graduating, listening to me the whole time). Please enjoy your _____ (commencement speakers, Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas; next speaker, Principal Weathers; next convict). All the best for the future!—Staff writer Brad Hinshelwood can be reached at bhinshel@fas.harvard.edu...
Gatopardo claims that it deliberated seriously over publishing the writings of a convicted narcotics trafficker, particularly at a time when the Mexican and U.S. governments are warning that the cartels are one of the gravest security threats on both sides of the border. Gatopardo editor Guillermo Osorno wrote that the magazine did not wish to be an apologist for the convict. But he said that after seeking advice in both Colombia and Mexico, he decided that the public interest outweighed any damage it could do. "The magazine will open up its pages if anyone has an alternative version," he wrote...
...drove him to tears. The story was about a 24-year-old single black mother in Texas who had been wrongfully accused of dealing narcotics after a raid on the housing projects where she lived. She was given two options: a plea bargain, which would release her as a convicted felon in exchange for pleading guilty, or 15-25 years in prison. In the face of a tyrannical district attorney with a racist bent, and a push to convict in order to receive state funds, the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” quickly fell...