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A rape victim has hit out at the law after the man accused of attacking her was cleared because he was sleepwalking.Jane McKenna, 33, was asleep at home when a friend's husband, who had been a guest at a barbecue, walked into the bedroom and started having sex with her.Jason Jeal, a 37-year-old roofer with no medical history of sleepwalking, admitted sex had taken place. But he was cleared of rape after he insisted he had been asleep and had no idea what he was doing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085927/How-... 

Science is becoming a more important part of catching a killer or terrorist and keeping the innocent out of jail.

A Seattle neuroscientist is leading the way with technology based on a simple fact: your brain can't lie.

An odd looking headband, flashing words on a computer screen, and a couple clicks of a mouse could be the secret to putting a murderer behind bars.

"It's a game changer in the field of global security," said Dr. Larry Farwell, Chairman of Brain Fingerprinting Labs who developed "brain fingerprinting" - a lie detector test for the 21st century.

http://www.komonews.com/news/30821859.html 

Aug. 8, 2008 -- Studying species in the animal world helps police catch human criminals -- and vice versa. Originally developed to catch serial killers, a method called geographic profiling is now being used to study great white sharks, bats and bees.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/08/bee-seriel-... 

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police will re-examine 7,000 crimes solved through DNA evidence after a mistake forced detectives to free a suspect wrongly accused of murder.

http://weirdfactshere.blogspot.com/2008/08/weird-fac... 

40-year-old suspect held in gruesome Manitoba bus killingPassenger decapitated, witnesses say; story contains graphic details

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/31/greyhound-...