Civil Rights
Nov. 27, 2010
Bringing DNA Testing to South America
A California law school graduate will help launch the first Innocence Project, which will tap DNA evidence, in South America.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - An impoverished young man in Chile, after a night of partying, is accused of raping and robbing an 80-year-old neighbor who is in an advanced stage of dementia.
He is so poor he can't afford a proper colostomy bag to cover the hole in his intestinal wall, so he usually gets by with a shopping bag and masking tape. On this day in December 2006, he wears only a bandage.
The m...
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