1.
Canada body-parts murder victim identified
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The first person in Scotland to be convicted of rape on the basis of DNA evidence has been cleared of the crime, The Scotsman reported Saturday.
Brian Kelly, a former traffic policeman, served four years in jail for the 1987 rape of a woman in her Largs, Ayrshire, home after a jury heard what was thought to be cast-iron scientific evidence of his guilt.
A DNA sample that Kelly gave to police to eliminate himself as a suspect from their inquiries was found by scientists to match a stain found on the woman's dressing gown.
During his 1989 trial, scientists said the chance of the match being incorrect was 100,000 to one.
On Friday, an appeals court ruled the evidence had been mishandled and his conviction was being quashed.
"It's an indication of the dangers of putting science and scientists into special and privileged positions in court," said lawyer John Scott of the Scottish Human Rights Center.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
FRANKFORT, Ind., June 1 (UPI) --
The Mexican-born salutatorian of an Indiana high school who almost missed her graduation because she missed a visa deadline said she's glad to be home.
|
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
|
WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. employers added 69,000 jobs in May and the jobless rate ticked higher to 8.2 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
|
UMEA, Sweden, June 1 (UPI) --
Residents in a northern Sweden county said they marked the first day of June by shoveling thick, wet snow.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
