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Crime lab analyst moved
Tribune staff reporterThe Illinois State Police crime lab analyst whose testimony has figured in three wrongful convictions and other cases now under review was transferred Wednesday to a post where she will not be involved in criminal casework. Pamela Fish, who was chief...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Biotechnology Industry, Punishment, Medical Procedures and Tests
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DNA test rules out Roscetti inmates
Tribune staff reportersThe final round of DNA tests on clothing belonging to a medical student murdered in 1986 has found no link to four men convicted of the crime, officials said Tuesday. Dr. Edward Blake, a DNA expert retained by the defense team, confirmed that officials...Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Plastic Surgeons, Maryland, Biotechnology Industry
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Report alleges crime lab fraud
Tribune Staff WritersA supervisor at the Illinois State Police crime lab gave false testimony in nine cases, including trials that resulted in wrongful rape convictions of three Chicago men, according to an analysis by a leading forensic expert for a lawsuit against the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, Assault, Canada, Biotechnology Industry
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New evidence stirs doubt over murder convictions
Tribune staff reportersThirteen years after four Chicago teenagers were convicted of the rape and murder of a Rush University medical student, new evidence--including DNA tests--raises the possibility that the wrong men were imprisoned, according to a Tribune investigation....Tags: Idaho, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Assault, Fashion Shows
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4 find new hope in DNA results
Tribune staff reportersWith DNA testing bolstering their claims of innocence, four men convicted of the 1986 rape and murder of Rush University medical student Lori Roscetti called on Cook County prosecutors to dismiss charges against them and run crime-scene DNA through a...Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Assault, Biotechnology Industry, Punishment
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DNA again excludes 4 in murder of Roscetti
Tribune staff reportersAnother round of DNA testing has failed to link four men to the 1986 rape and murder of medical student Lori Roscetti, raising more doubts about their convictions, the attorney for the four men said Wednesday. DNA from two pubic hairs found in Roscetti's...Tags: DNA, Murder, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Police Department
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Coercive and illegal tactics torpedo scores of Cook County murder cases
Tribune staff reportersSubstituting interrogation for thorough investigation, police in Chicago and Cook County have repeatedly closed murder cases with dubious confessions that imprison the innocent while killers go free. In the first investigation of its kind, the Tribune...Tags: Social Issues, Laws, Forehead, Behavioral Conditions, Assault
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No DNA link for 4 inmates
Tribune staff reportersDNA recovered from the body of Rush University medical student Lori Roscetti does not match any of the four men who were convicted as teenagers of her 1986 abduction, sexual assault and murder, according to test results obtained by the Tribune. The DNA...Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Plastic Surgeons, Assault, Biotechnology Industry
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Lawyers agree to new tests in killing
Tribune staff reporterProsecutors took the first steps toward re-examining the case against four men accused of the 1986 murder and rape of Rush University medical student Lori Roscetti, agreeing to new testing on physical evidence connected to the case. Also, they said DNA...Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Maryland, Biotechnology Industry, Abusive Behavior
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Crime lab defends itself, analyst
Tribune staff reporterThe director of the Illinois State Police on Thursday expressed confidence in the state crime laboratories, calling the system "one of the best in the world," and contended recent allegations of forensic fraud relate to the now-defunct Chicago police...Tags: Career and Workplace, Chicago Jobs, Biotechnology Industry, Punishment, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Fire strikes downtown skyscraper
A fire was burning Monday night on an upper floor of a high-rise office building in the heart of the financial district in downtown Chicago, bringing a third of the city's fire equipment into the Loop to battle the flames.
Twenty-five people were taken...Tags: LaSalle Bank, Chicago Fire Department, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents
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Merck withdraws arthritis drug
Tribune staff reporterPharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Thursday it will halt worldwide sales of its popular arthritis drug Vioxx in the wake of new data showing increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. Some 2 million people worldwide are taking the drug, making Merck'...Tags: Aspirin (drug), Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Plastic Surgeons, Diseases and Illnesses
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