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Isabella’s Blog

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Genealogy and law enforcement, the DNA controversy

by Isabella Maldonado There is nothing more personal, more intimate, than your DNA. The very essence of your being, your genetic makeup influences—but does not necessarily determine—many things about who you are. Science that used to be confined to laboratories has...

You have the right to remain silent

The real story behind Miranda vs. Arizona For today’s post, I interview retired Phoenix Police Detective Timothy Moore, who has become a subject matter expert on the history of one of the most important legal decisions in US history. He wrote MIRANDIZED NATION, a...

Officer, it’s not what you think!

by Isabella Maldonado “Three seventy Charlie, respond to a complaint of a naked female running down Route fifty.” The dispatcher’s voice cut through the relative calm of a crisp Spring evening in the suburbs of the nation’s capital where I was a rookie on patrol...