Anyone who has watched CSI, even one episode, knows that the victim's body is the most valuable piece of evidence left behind at the crime scene. This victim's hands and feet were not bagged in any photo until she's at autopsy. Evidence originating on her hands and feet could have been lost or contaminated. Detectives turned the victim over onto her back sometime during their time at the scene, partially propping her against a chest of drawers. This action potentially contamindated the evidence on her body and on the chest of drawers.
David Thorne’s conviction was based entirely on the false confession of Joseph Wilkes, who was intimidated by detectives and threatened with the death penalty. Joe has since recanted
Friday, April 12, 2013
Evidence Ignored
Anyone who has watched CSI, even one episode, knows that the victim's body is the most valuable piece of evidence left behind at the crime scene. This victim's hands and feet were not bagged in any photo until she's at autopsy. Evidence originating on her hands and feet could have been lost or contaminated. Detectives turned the victim over onto her back sometime during their time at the scene, partially propping her against a chest of drawers. This action potentially contamindated the evidence on her body and on the chest of drawers.
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