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...murder weapon or witness, the prosecution's case rested on three pieces of evidence. A forensic test demonstrated that one of two types of sperm found on the victim -- the other sperm, the prosecution argued, was that of her husband -- belonged to someone who was a blood type B secretor, meaning that the blood type can be determined by samples of any bodily fluid. Coleman matched the description -- but since roughly 10% of Grundy's population has type B blood, it is likely that others in the town fit the bill. The prosecution also produced brown hairs the same color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roger Keith Coleman: Must This Man Die? | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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