suspect identification Quotes

You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.

While you're finding evidence of innocence, you also find evidence that points to other people.

Anyone who watches even the slightest amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office. The door opens, and the person holding the knob is asked to identify himself. The agent then says, "I'm going to ask you to come with me.

Many police departments still use DNA evidence the way they have used fingerprints and tire tracks: to determine whether a suspect committed the crime.

Yes, you make mistakes in the old cases where you really think you know who the suspect is, and you probably do, and you make the mistake of relying on people.

The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like.

Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

This policeman came up to me with a pencil and a piece of very thin paper. He said, "I want you to trace someone for me."

Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.

You used to think the suspect was the guy with the cornrows; now you see the police officers with the cornrows.

There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.