The Globe had it splashed all over the front page, and for many reasons I didn't buy it yesterday and don't really feel like reading much of it, either.
What caught my attention before I blacked out:
"Family of Albert DeSalvo outraged by police tactics; DA says stealth was essential" by Martine Powers | Globe Staff, July 13, 2013
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley defended investigators’ use of clandestine tactics to obtain a DNA sample from a relative of Albert DeSalvo, who police now believe with new certainty was responsible for at least one of the Boston Strangler murders.
A half-century after the spree of killings stuck fear in the Boston area, authorities have been able to match biological evidence from the Beacon Hill scene of the murder of 19-year-old Mary Sullivan to a member of the DeSalvo family. They expect further testing will match the evidence directly to Albert DeSalvo who died in prison in 1973, serving a sentence for another crime.
Also see: Boston's Cold Case CODIS
The DNA came from DeSalvo’s nephew, who was tailed for days earlier this year by police who confiscated an empty water bottle that he threw into a garbage can.
Family members said Thursday they were outraged by collection of the DNA without their permission. But Conley maintained Friday that police were well within their rights — a position with which legal professionals agree....
Forget about yours, citizens.
Family members have insisted that they would have provided a DNA sample if investigators had asked. But police did not know that was the case, Conley said, and asking for permission in advance could also have prompted a legal battle and slowed down the investigation....
Yeah, God forbid the LAW should ever get in the way of LAW ENFORCEMENT!
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I suppose that makes the Supreme Court's DNA decision moot, therefore I am going to skip the editorial and exhumation.
UPDATE: DNA links Albert DeSalvo to 1964 ‘Strangler’ slaying
Another Slow Saturday Special!
