[TheDon]

Genetic genealogy solves another cold case.

[Red6]

Yes.

On another note-

I really hope people like Chad Heins (wrongfully imprisoned) get some sort of huge compensation and public statement with his image clearing his name.

Justice isn’t perfect and I’m not bad mouthing the system in this case. Mistakes happen and sometimes the wrong people get locked up (no system is perfect, but we still need a system to pursue justice). He isn’t the first

But when this happens, there needs to be a mechanism to help these people in a HUGE way. It would be interesting to know how these people are helped when released?

[piasa]

Allowing someone else to be tried, much less imprisoned for your crime,should be an automatic death sentence.

[jeffersondem]

In the original prosecution authorities bought false testimonies of two jailhouse snitches with reduced sentences.

Those false testimonies helped fill the gaps in the prosecution’s weak case. The jurors sent an innocent man to prison for 14 years.

A lot of people need to stay up at night thinking about how their good intentions went wrong.

[Openurmind]

This should have absolutely never have happened. Evidence was allowed that should not have been allowed. And you can bet defense evidence was not allowed. This is on the DA and the Judge here. They should both be personally sued for this.

[Bon of Babble]

Yes, genetic genealogy solved the Yogurt store murders in Austin of four young females - that had gone unsolved since 1991.

Unfortunately: "Another man was wrongfully imprisoned for the crime for nearly 14 years.":

Killer:

[Mathews]

I was stationed on a ship at Mayport and remember this vividly.