THOUGHT you had got away with your career as a jewel thief? Think again. Fragments of DNA left at a crime scene can be analysed years later to free someone from a wrongful conviction or to identify a crook at large.
But in the US, there is hope for criminals – in the form of a deadline. The statute of limitations on prosecution means that forensic evidence can’t be used after 10 years.
For example, earlier this year, DNA from a man charged with a recent crime was matched to the DNA evidence from four women who had been raped more…
