| Decision On Possible New Trial For DeJac Days Away
Within the next few days, District Attorney Frank Clark says he'll decide whether he will oppose a new trial for Lynn DeJac.
For the past 13 years, DeJac has been in prison, convicted of killing her daughter Crystalynn.
On Friday, the county Crime Lab completed its testing of DNA evidence from Crystalynn's bedroom, the scene of the crime.
The testing was prompted after Buffalo Police named DeJac's boyfriend from back then, Dennis Donohue, as a "person of interest" in the crime.
DeJac's attorney, Andy LoTempio, says the tests reveal that DNA, which can be tied to Donohue, has been found three different times at the scene:
In a spot of Crystalynn's blood on the wall of her bedroom;
A swab taken from a rape kit done on Crystalynn;
And what was unknown until now, on the sheets on her bed.
Second knife linked to Meredith killling
Italian police claim to have found the murder weapon used in the killing of Coulsdon student Meredith Kercher. Detectives in Perguia say the small kitchen knife with a round handle was discovered under bushes in the valley near the share house where the 21-year-old exchange student was found semi-naked with her throat cut on November 2. The knife is to be sent to Rome for forensic testing along with two bloodstained paper tissues found nearby. It's the second knife linked by police to the killing. The first allegedly carried traces of Meredith's DNA. Meredith's funeral was held on Friday. .
Photo: Scientists Complete Genome Sequence of Fungus Responsible for ...
CINCINNATI, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, scientists from P&G Beauty announced that they successfully sequenced the complete genome for Malassezia globosa (M. globosa), a naturally occurring fungus responsible for the onset of dandruff and other skin conditions in humans. Results of the genome sequencing are published in today's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis affect more than 50 percent of the human population. Despite the role of Malassezia in these and other common skin diseases, including eczema, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, little was known about the fungus at the molecular level until this study. In addition, understanding of Malassezia's genetic make-up may help scientists reevaluate the parameters that have historically been used to classify fungal organisms.
Suburban sex-trade workers more vulnerable
The body of a third woman was found near his home two years ago but Butorac has not been charged with her death. Julian says there's been a lot of attention focused on the services available to prostitutes in the Downtown Eastside after serial-killer Robert Pickton was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the deaths of six women. But the needs of vulnerable women in other areas can't be ignored. "Willy Pickton is gone but there's so many other women who are continuing on in the lifestyle of sex-trade work that's really risky that there's not enough support for them," she says. Julian, 39, knows the violence prostitutes face on the streets from pimps and drug dealers because she was one of them until she succeeded in her third attempt in a decade to leave behind a life that included drug addiction.
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The fourth defendant, Quanis Phillips, is in federal custody, the Virginian-Pilot reported.
Vick is to be sentenced on the federal charges Dec. 10. He could face 18 months in jail and a $250,000 fine.
V.Williams keeps winning streak alive
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Venus Williams ran her match winning streak to seven with a second-round victory Wednesday in the $175,000 Japan Open tennis tournament.
Williams, coming off a win Sunday in the finals of the Korea Open, breezed though her match Wednesday, posting a 6-0, 6-4 rout over Vania King. Williams moved into the tournament quarterfinals where she will meet Alicia Molik, who advanced with an even more lopsided 6-1, 6-0 romp over Aleksandra Wozniak.
Second-seeded Sania Mirza was pushed to three sets by Casey Dellacqua before winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and No.
Witnesses Describe Shooting Scene
My mom was standing with another costumer service employee at the front desk who asked to cover her shift. My mom said she would as soon as she wrapped her last package in the back room. only a moment later when my mom had left for the back room the shooter shot her coworkers all standing at the front desk where she was supposed to be. It's truely TRUELY amazing she's alive. My heart goes out to all of the friends and families of the victims.
Posted by: Jeff Location: Omaha
I am deeply saddened by what happened. It makes me feel so terrible to know that someone would kill innocent people so brutally. The event has affected so many people and I truly believe it is the power of prayer that will get everyone through this. I am keeping all those victims and the families in my thoughts and prayers.
Stop lecturing us, India tells rich nations
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