Comments on: NYC Uses DNA to Indict Suspects to Be Named Later http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/21/nyc-uses-dna-to-indict-suspects-to-be-named-later/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kevin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/21/nyc-uses-dna-to-indict-suspects-to-be-named-later/comment-page-1/#comment-60372 Kevin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:46:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=4581#comment-60372 Agreed. @Gadfly: The bounds are meaningless if they are bypassed like this. "Indict the profile?" And then name the suspect later? Garbage. The State has enormous resources, a defendant few. For sex crimes, 90% of perpetrators are known by the victim. So why the delay? Why the need to "sidestep the ticking clock?" After all, the ticking clock is ... the LAW, is it not? Why not increase the time? Or do away with the statute of limitations altogether? Agreed.

@Gadfly: The bounds are meaningless if they are bypassed like this.

“Indict the profile?” And then name the suspect later? Garbage. The State has enormous resources, a defendant few.

For sex crimes, 90% of perpetrators are known by the victim. So why the delay? Why the need to “sidestep the ticking clock?” After all, the ticking clock is … the LAW, is it not? Why not increase the time? Or do away with the statute of limitations altogether?

]]> By: Gadfly http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/21/nyc-uses-dna-to-indict-suspects-to-be-named-later/comment-page-1/#comment-60367 Gadfly Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:32:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=4581#comment-60367 There is a statute of limitations on crimes for a reason and this undermines it. Sex crimes are heinous enough to warrant overstepping the bounds a bit but I am uncomfortable with using it for lesser crimes. There is a statute of limitations on crimes for a reason and this undermines it. Sex crimes are heinous enough to warrant overstepping the bounds a bit but I am uncomfortable with using it for lesser crimes.

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