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Criminal Profile John Wayne Gacy is one of America’s most notorious serial killers known for his gruesome murders of many young boys and men between 1972-1978. He holds one of the highest victim counts in the world for any murder. Gacy raped, tortured, and strangled 33 young boys to death, he then buried the bodies under his home or dumped some of the bodies in a nearby river. James Haakenson was the most recent victim identified from the John Wayne Gacy killings. James was only 16 years old…

My Argumentative Essay 2% of people in the US prison system are equal to 46,000 people, that’s been convicted of a crime they have not done but are in jail. According to the article “DNA Technology and Crime” “In 1992 lawyers Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld created the Innocence Project, a legal organization aimed at overturning wrongful conviction through DNA profiling. Since then, more than two hundred criminal convictions have been overturned in the United States alone.” The Innocence…

“In blood his victims will crawl, body parts all over his house. They feed the need of his cannibal mind, bloody murders he left behind. Jeffrey Dahmer, master cannibal. Jeffrey Dahmer, master of the gruesome.” Jeffrey Dahmer was born May 21, 1960 to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. Dahmer was said to have a normal childhood, up until age 4. Dahmer became uncommunicative as he got older. He had no hobbies and had little interaction between the ages of 10 and 15. Throughout his high school years,…

According to the American Heritage dictionary a serial killer is " A person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series of incidents." Often, people don't take a deep look into what a serial killer is or does, and why America is struggling with so many of these offenders. If people looked at types of serial killers, their motives and their victims everyone could create shared meaning of the exact definition of a serial killer. The FBI's "Crime Classification Manual" breaks…

Further developments led to use of human leukocyte antigen systems for identity testing. There was a long stagnant period in this field and approximately thirty-two years ago a geneticist at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, Sir Alec Jeffreys, laid the foundation for identity testing on the basis of genetics (Saad,…

First this paper will discuss who is the Zodiac. The Zodiac is a self-proclaimed killer. He was linked to five murders and taunted the police in northern California during 1966 to 1974. In October of 1966 the Zodiac killed a young woman, then in December of 1968 he killed two teens, he also killed another two young women in July and September of 1969, and a middle aged man in October of 1969. The Zodiac was also famous for his anonymous letters to taunt the police. On the website…

Q: What is a DNA Analyst? What do they do? A: A DNA Analyst is someone who is responsible to find the biological information on someone, usually in the sake of a crime scene. The work is crucial, but is used for good like in solving a case. Q: What is expected as a typical job day of a DNA Analyst? A: The typical day consists of running multiple labs specialized in DNA tests, including DNA purification, PCR amplification, and fluorescent DNA analysis. These results can be used in the…

Article Review: The insanity Plea in the Case of a Serial Killer What is this article specifically addressing? This article, “The insanity Plea in the Case of a Serial Killer” By George Palermo and Richard Khnudten explains the case of the infamous serial killer Jeffery Dahmer and his attempt to request the insanity plea to get out of his crimes he committed. Mr. Dahmer killed seventeen men, and when asked about his crimes his responses where clear and coherent. Yet, he pled not guilty by…

Forensic evidence has been around for centuries. Whether it is using things like fingerprints or soil samples, it has been a significant form of support to find and convict criminals. Only recently, though, has DNA analysis become a major part of the forensic evidence process. The goal of this paper is to discuss how DNA analysis can be applied to dental, hair, and blood evidence to solve crimes; also, the importance of an accurate and detailed chain of custody log will be shown. The standard…

DNA evidence has become more advanced and accurate means of identification. Everyone has his or her own unique DNA and no two sets are alike. With modern advances small samples many years old can now be identified breathing new life in cold cases and in some cases set innocent men and women free by clearing their name (Dempsey & Forst, 2011). This has created a backlog of cases both old and new. With a limited number of qualified labs it has led to mix up between cases. DNA has been a…