
deb stone
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deb stone
@iwritedeb
Genetic genealogist. Next-of-kin ninja. Writer @WellFamilyNYT @damemagazine @STIRJournal @manifest_st @OPBTOL









The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office, working with the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office, used advanced DNA testing from Othram to identify Kenneth Martin and help resolve the decades-old 1958 Martin family mystery. dnasolves.com/articles/hood-…











Excellent article by @germanrlopez for the @nytimes about a big, important problem in the US: Most crimes aren’t solved. If you murder someone, it’s essentially a coin flip whether you’ll be arrested for it. If you steal a car, you’ll almost certainly get away with it. Increasing the probability that would-be offenders get caught has a huge deterrent effect. (There is lots of strong empirical evidence showing this.) I genuinely believe that doing so is our ticket out of mass incarceration. It’s time to start investing time, energy, and money in finding ways to increase solve rates.


