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Re: What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
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Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:48:49 GMT
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David, Two points:
  1. It is only a TV programme!
  2. I expect all DNA tests would be checked against those involved in collecting the sample... likewise for fingerprints etc.
Scott A


In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
   ...when you’ve touched them all over on the outside? I’m watching NYPD 24/7 right now, and they just showed a homicide detective testing a smear on a wall to see if it’s blood. Before doing this, he puts on his rubber gloves. Okay, that sounds sensible. But the fingers are sticking shut, and he’s having trouble putting them on, so they show footage of him trying to pull each finger on individually, then blowing a glove up and tugging the fingers (with his non-gloved fingers) to get them to inflate so he can stick his hand inside. Now, I’m not a forensic scientist, but it seems to be that the point of putting on the gloves in the first place is to make sure you don’t contaminate the evidence with your fingerprints/DNA. And how exactly is that supposed to work when they’re covered on the outside with your fingerprints and DNA?!?!?



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(...) No, this is NYPD 24/7, not NYPD Blue (if it was a fictional show, this would have probably been a major plot point). This is a documentary show of real members of the NYPD. This was a real detective manhandling his latex gloves on a real (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  What's the point of wearing rubber gloves...
 
...when you've touched them all over on the outside? I'm watching NYPD 24/7 right now, and they just showed a homicide detective testing a smear on a wall to see if it's blood. Before doing this, he puts on his rubber gloves. Okay, that sounds (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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