...be they guilty of their crimes or otherwise, who were sentenced before the current 'spit-lifting' methods of the police. Knew a prison warder who used to work at a midland jail for prisoners serving over five years...apparently the main moan from half the cons were that they were 'set up'.
The family of the girl, Jacqueline Marie Thomas, who was only 15 must be beside themselves with expectation, realising peace is days away now, if the man charged in the right one...but it would be good to realise DNA can not only bring peace to families who for years have had to experience pain - but also the wrongly sentenced...okay, a section of the UK press would rather keep silent on what they might see as another 'advantage to exercise prisoners rights', but this can help investigators solve old cases...not only for the joys of victims families - or the perverse sexing-up skills of the populist press - but cons who are punished for not 'owning up' to their 'crime'.
2007-11-29 05:47:20 · 4 answers · asked by nativexile 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Nice one, Angela. But wait...does not the media spend many, many days of any year telling us how much it costs us in taxes to pay to keep cons inside.
2007-11-29 06:11:20 · update #1
It is my understanding that prisoners in the US do get blood tested and entered into a DNA database. The hangup is in the old case files, needing to go back through them to test evidence and then match it against the DNA database.
2007-11-29 05:57:52 · answer #1 · answered by rac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a good idea, but the government can't afford it, we are too busy spending BILLIONS on war.
2007-11-29 13:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by Angela C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could not agree more, have a star
2007-11-29 13:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, and they could also find the real criminal occasionally
2007-11-29 13:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by smarternow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋