Digging Up the Dead. Timothy W. Maier.
by Maier, Timothy W; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 402Family. Publisher: Insight on the News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Bonney, William H. 1859-1881 | Criminals | DNA fingerprinting | Exhumation | Forensic pathology | James, Jesse 1847-1882 | LegendsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Digging up the dead for forensic examination falls somewhere between morbid curiosity and setting the historical record straight. Or maybe it's a little bit of both. Some critics charge exhumations show disrespect for the dead and drain scarce resources that could be used to solve prosecutable crimes. Others argue that selectively collecting DNA from the grave can open the door to solving historical mysteries. Whatever the motive, few can rest in peace with the exhumation movement ghoulishly alive and kicking." (INSIGHT ON THE NEWS) This article describes how "collecting DNA samples from the grave can help to solve historical mysteries" and recalls some of the "exhumation projects in which the departed have been regarded as human time capsules of evidence to confirm or disprove legends and tales."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: Digging Up the Dead, Oct. 28-Nov. 10, 2003; pp. 18-21.
"Digging up the dead for forensic examination falls somewhere between morbid curiosity and setting the historical record straight. Or maybe it's a little bit of both. Some critics charge exhumations show disrespect for the dead and drain scarce resources that could be used to solve prosecutable crimes. Others argue that selectively collecting DNA from the grave can open the door to solving historical mysteries. Whatever the motive, few can rest in peace with the exhumation movement ghoulishly alive and kicking." (INSIGHT ON THE NEWS) This article describes how "collecting DNA samples from the grave can help to solve historical mysteries" and recalls some of the "exhumation projects in which the departed have been regarded as human time capsules of evidence to confirm or disprove legends and tales."
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