To the Editor: Michael Seringhaus makes a convincing argument that a national database of DNA profiles would serve as an excellent law enforcement tool, both for increasing convictions of first-time offenders and acting as a deterrent for those considering crime.
Perhaps, greatest of all, it's fortified my increasing conviction that this way of living was not only possible, but could in a very real sense become ordinary.
So too hearsay evidence – long regarded as alien to the criminal process, mainly because it is inherently unreliable – is now routinely admitted, again for the sole purpose of increasing conviction rates.
Ms. Pirro, in a brief interview tonight, said she would not "focus on the negativity" and would campaign on a record of increasing conviction rates and efforts to fight gangs, pedophiles and mobsters.
From 1866 on, she gained increasing conviction that she had made a spiritual discovery of overwhelming authority and power.
That focus is far from perfect and is not necessarily likely to increase conviction rates, given the high burden of proof in criminal cases.
It is hoped they will help improve the quality of evidence, reduce bureaucracy and increase convictions.
The HRs were significantly increased for convictions of sexual abuse, burglary and arson both before and after the KS diagnosis (supplemental table 1).
Before the diagnosis, the HRs were significantly increased for convictions of sexual abuse only, and there were no events among the persons with 47,XYY in homicides, drug-related convictions and the arson group (supplemental table 1).
