Mystery and crime fiction interests me, and so do true crime accounts. It’s only natural that I want to learn more. I have a need to understand not only how the criminal mind works, but also how the law enforcement officials (from beat cops to detectives to feds) go about tracking down and catching these criminals. This is all fascinating stuff, and I plan to do the occasional post about forensics, true crime and the like. Keep in mind, this is a blog that’s mostly about a guy who writes stuff… fictional type stuff. That said, much of what I research will one day end up in a book, so I might as well put that information here so others can learn along with me. I’ve already done a post about luminol that you can read here if you are interested.

This post is simply an infographic from Forensicscience.org brought to my attention by Cheryl Godden (thanks, Cheryl!). It delves into the importance of forensic science and how it is able to exonerate those wrongfully convicted of heinous crimes. Without the addition of these forensic sciences, such as DNA testing, a number of these individuals, innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted, would still be in prison. Or in the ground in the case of those on Death Row.

Here’s a link to the graphic (I couldn’t get it to embed… apparently I’m a quarter Luddite) .http://www.forensicscience.org/not-guilty/