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FC: GA-CAT-CA -- Cops try feline DNA to nab crooks
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:13:50 -0400
********* A slightly more serious take, from sfgate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/04/cats.dtl ********* From: "A. Melon" <juicy () melontraffickers com> Subject: GA-CAT-CA To: cypherpunks () cyberpass net Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 09:20:14 -0700 DNA evidence has proven so useful in police work that, the US Department of Justice is developing a bank of DNA culled from ordinary house cats, reports the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER. No, there isnt a feline delinquency problem spreading across the US. It turns out that criminals who own cats frequently have cat hair on their clothes, just like law-abiding cat owners. Some of that cat hair winds up at crime scenes, and can provide important clues to solving a crime if it can be traced to an individual cat, and from there to its owner. The DOJ is asking cat owners to voluntarily send in a sample of Fluffys genetic material (although why the criminally inclined would do so is a mystery). Cat-based crime fighting has already borne fruit: A man in Canada was convicted of murdering his ex-wife, based partially on the fact that hair from his cat, Snowball, was found at the murder scene. Snowball was questioned and released. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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