Maier, Timothy W., <br/><br/>
Digging Up the Dead. 
Timothy W. Maier. 
 -  Insight on the News,  2003. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Article 402,  Family,  1522-3213; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Originally Published: Digging Up the Dead, Oct. 28-Nov. 10, 2003; pp. 18-21. 
<br/><br/> "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." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3213; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bonney, William H. 1859-1881 <br/>James, Jesse 1847-1882 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminals<br/>DNA fingerprinting<br/>Exhumation<br/>Forensic pathology<br/>Legends
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050