Nameless DNA profile charged in 1999 rape

Newsjock

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Tue May-06-08 08:20 PM
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Nameless DNA profile charged in 1999 rape

Source: The Olympian

Prosecutors usually have a suspect's name before someone is charged with a crime.

But for the first time in Thurston County, prosecutors have charged a genetic profile — an unknown person's DNA — with an unsolved rape of a woman in downtown Olympia in 1999.

... Prosecutors have charged the person who matches the DNA profile with a single count of first-degree rape.

... A suspect may be arrested if a person whose DNA profile matches the "John Doe" charged in Thurston County is entered into a nationwide database of DNA profiles — the CODIS database.

Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/440317.html

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mikelgb

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Tue May-06-08 08:26 PM
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1. uhm

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Richard Steele

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Tue May-06-08 08:30 PM
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3. ?

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Megahurtz

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Tue May-06-08 08:29 PM
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2. I hope they catch and

identify the guy. Rapists need to have their appendages removed.

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Turner Ashby

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Tue May-06-08 11:00 PM
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4. I don't think a name is necessary.

I think it passes Constitutional muster. The person is a criminal and the DNA will establish who it is, unlike some eyewitness testimony.

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jody

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Wed May-07-08 07:41 AM
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5. "To preserve the case, we had to take action within the statute of limitations," n/t

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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed May-07-08 07:49 AM
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6. Thank you for highlighting that - that explains it all

I'd rather there wasn't a statue of limitations for rape, but if there is, then I think charging by an identification with the DNA sample seems a good idea.

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