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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Genetic Informants. Washington Post writer Ellen Nakashima reports on a new tool that is helping to identify suspects through a relative's DNA. The initial use of this tool was in the BTK murder case. Police in Kansas obtained a court order to collect a pap smear sample from Dennis Rader's daughter, which eventually lead to his arrest for the killings in 2005. The ACLU is mostly against this. Update on Court denials of DP appeals Updating our earlier post, the AP?s Michael Graczyk reports, on the three DP cases denied by the Court this morning. Giles v. California Oral argument will be held in Giles tomorrow. An AP story by reporter Mark Sherman discusses the case. Giles was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the first-degree murder of Brenda Avie, based in part on the introduction of statements the victim made before she died...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).