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Caylee Anthony case: Trial day 21 – 06/17/11

Well, the Defense kicked off their…uhhh….case? yesterday.  They lumbered from the starting line like an aged Sumo wrestler whose out grown his mawashi and has made the fatal mistake of entering a 10k marathon…all they could see were the asses … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Trial day 19 – 06/15/11

Yesterday’s proceedings began with Catherine Theison, Chief of quality assurance and control unit of the FBI.  She was the FBI expert who conducted the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing on various evidence.  Ms. Theison did a great job of explaining the … Continue reading

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Mitochondrial DNA Test Results

I’m supposed to be studying right now, but I can’t help myself. This document dump is too addictive. I’ve decided to step through it in sections of similar testing. So the first interesting group of test results we are faced … Continue reading

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