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Posted by timothy on Thursday April 22 2010, @03:17PM
from the can-you-hear-me-now? dept.

theodp writes "Innovative Interactivity has a behind-the-scenes look at the Washington Post's On the Trail of a Serial Rapist series. Information Designer Kat Downs details her experience designing and building the impressive interface for the series, including the use of Google Maps to track the rapist. Wary, perhaps, that it might encourage vigilantism, the WaPo stopped short of allowing readers to add their own input to the maps and urged anyone with additional information to contact the police."

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I'll take (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday April 22 2010, @03:27PM (#31944214)

Therapist for $400

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Re:Some black guy... (Score:3, Funny)

by AnonymousClown (1788472) writes: on Thursday April 22 2010, @03:37PM (#31944406)

Anything can happen in America! Why Michael Jackson was born a poor black boy [everyonelo...candal.com] and died a very rich woman - or close to it. [flickr.com]

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Witness unreliable (Score:4, Funny)

by aepervius (535155) writes: on Thursday April 22 2010, @03:38PM (#31944428)

The problem is that at the best of the case , the witness are unreliable. In a stressful situation like rape this is much worst. So 5'7'' or 6'1'' could be the same guy. Really. Now tehre are still problem with DNA matching, as it seems that collision over a huge population can happen (so you can't try to match against a whole database), so I would not trust that too, unless it is to ground a case when the suspect is shown to also have been at the place.

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Re:Some black guy... (Score:3, Funny)

by feepness (543479) writes: on Thursday April 22 2010, @04:15PM (#31945054) Homepage

He was 21ish and 5'7" in 1997 and 6'1" and in his 40s now?
Time flies when you're having fun.

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