By John Riley – former contributing author for Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2003 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine Kieran A. Murphy, 59, was last seen Dec. 14, 2001 in San Francisco. A sailing vessel owned by him and his wife, Ornaith, who also is missing, disappeared […]
Second Of A Three-Part Series By John Riley. Originally printed in 2004 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine. The importance of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) in law enforcement has grown since the use was discovered in 1985. Everyone is made of cells that contain DNA (among other things). But DNA gives us
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First Of A Three-Part Series By John Riley. Originally printed in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine. DNA first became known to the world at large as a means of near-certain identification in 1985, when it was used to identify the skeletal remains of Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz camp doctor….
By John Riley – former contributing author for Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine William Gerber was home alone when he shot his television set. He’s now serving life in prison as a result of the crime. Leandro Andrade is serving a
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By John Riley – former contributing author for Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine “Son of Sam” laws are meant to prevent criminals from profiting from their crimes. The law gets its name from the pseudonym of David Berkowitz, the infamous Son
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Third Of A Three-Part Series By John Riley. Originally printed in 2003 in Crime, Justice and America magazine and reposted here with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine. Attorney Barry Scheck became a national figure in 1995 when he joined the defense team for murder defendant O.J. Simpson as an expert in DNA, the
