DNA clears JonBenet Ramsey's family of murder

[MattusMaximus]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/09/jonbenet.dna/index.html

Wow, I remember years ago when this story broke. From my recollection, which may be hazy at best, I seem to recall that the media went nuts over this, with much insinuation that some members of the family were involved in the murder of JonBenet. Apparently, some overly zealous prosecutors now have egg on their faces as well...

Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy said no one in the Ramsey family is considered a suspect and formally apologized in a letter to John Ramsey for the cloud of suspicion his family has lived under for nearly 12 years.

I'm certainly glad that DNA technology has come to the point where we can begin to clear things like this up. One can only wonder what would've or could've happened in this case a few decades ago when no such evidence was available.

 

[krelnik]

I'm certainly glad that DNA technology has come to the point where we can begin to clear things like this up. One can only wonder what would've or could've happened in this case a few decades ago when no such evidence was available.

Indeed. There are people being released from prison all the time, based on post-conviction DNA testing. Check out The Innocence Project's website for many more stories.

 

[Bob Klase]

I'm certainly glad that DNA technology has come to the point where we can begin to clear things like this up. One can only wonder what would've or could've happened in this case a few decades ago when no such evidence was available.

The same thing that could still happen today when there's no DNA to test.

Actually we can look at this case and see exactly what did happen over the last 12 years before this evidence was available.