By Elizabeth Echard, Staff Writer Could Fitbit’s, Amazon Echo’s, and other devices be the newest tools in solving crime? On December 23, 2015, Connie Dabate was shot and killed in her home.[1] When detectives interviewed her husband, Richard Dabate, he stated that he put his two children on […]
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‘Telltale Heart’: Evidence found in Defendant’s Cardiac Pacemaker Contains Incriminating Evidence of Arson
By Kristin Hoffman, Staff Writer A fire that occurred in September 2016 led to an interesting legal question: Can a person’s medical device, like a pacemaker, be used as incriminating evidence for a crime? This question arises due to the Fifth Amendment protection against a person being forced to […]
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