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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-31-06 12:43 PM
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"CSI" provides killers with how-to guide
I've actually wondered about this...
By JOE MILICIA
The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — When Tammy Klein began investigating crime scenes eight years ago, it was virtually unheard of for a killer to use bleach to clean up a bloody mess.

Today, the use of bleach, which destroys DNA, is not unusual in a planned homicide, said the senior criminalist from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Klein and other experts attribute such sophistication to TV crime dramas such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," which give criminals helpful tips on how to cover up evidence.

Prosecutors have complained for years about "the CSI effect" on juries: an expectation in every trial for high-tech forensic evidence.

It also appears the popular show and its two spinoffs could be affecting how some crimes are committed.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002772945_csi31.html
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Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-31-06 04:41 PM
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1. Yeah, but anybody who watched mafia movies
would come back with the same info. From watching and reading stuff like that I know that you can use bleach to clean an area (which would be self-evident if you gave it some thought), you use lye to dissolve bodies, you slice bodies with knives prior to drowning them so they don't gas up and float to the surface, and if you shave all the hair off your body prior to committing a crime, you won't leave little "clues" behind. Oh, and latex gloves work wonders.

All that lovely info without CSI (which I don't watch).

Hopefully this post won't come back to haunt me in 10 years. :)
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-31-06 08:56 PM
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2. I knew to leave bodies in water a loooong time before any of the...
forensitainment shows started airing.

Oops!
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 08:48 AM
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3. And don't forget using lots of lime to dissolve it...
:D
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