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Richard Dorsey Convicted on All Counts in Cold-Case Sexual Assaults
Channel 2 NewsA jury convicted a man on all 12 counts he faced Wednesday afternoon in the rape of several women between 2001 and 2004, cases which Anchorage police say had gone cold until the discovery of DNA evidence. APD spokesperson Anita Shell says Richard...Tags: Sex Crimes, Assault, Sexual Assault
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Trial Begins For Accused Serial Rapist
Channel 2 NewsOpening statements took place Wednesday morning in the trial of an accused serial rapist. Richard Dorsey, 46, faces a slew of charges- including attempted murder and sexual assault- from crimes that Anchorage police say took place between 2001 and 2004....Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Assault, Criminals
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New State Crime Lab's Workers Tout Expanded Space
Channel 2 NewsPeople who work inside the state's new crime lab in Anchorage are touting the building's extra space, which they say will help them do their jobs faster. At 84,000 square feet, the facility and its 41 staff members have brought in more equipment to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court: High Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents
Channel 2 NewsThe Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers. The court overturned patents belonging to Myriad Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City...Tags: Crohn's Disease, Science, Trials, Science and Technology, Genetics
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Innocent Man Released After 20 Years in Jail Shares his Story with Alaskans
Channel 2 NewsHe spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. A man from New York State is in Anchorage this week to share his story of injustice and how new technology proved his innocence. The Alaska Innocence Project said Steve Barnes is not...Tags: Murder, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, Human Body, Prisons
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Troopers: DNA Match Closes 1991 Sexual Assault Case
KTUU.comAlaska State Troopers say a DNA match has closed a cold-case investigation into a sexual assault against an 8-year-old girl two decades ago, linking the crime with a Wasilla man who committed suicide in 2006. According to a press release from troopers,...Tags: Suicide, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Assault, Alaska
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Troopers Search Palmer Business for Hybrid Wolves
Channel 2 NewsAlaska State Troopers served a search warrant at Wolf Country USA in Palmer Thursday, triggered by complaints that the tourist business is selling hybrid wolves in violation of state law. Investigators shut the business down temporarily Thursday morning...Tags: Human Body
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Closing Arguments Made in Dion Murder Trial
Channel 2 NewsAttorneys presented their closing arguments to the jury Tuesday in the Bonnie Craig cold case. The defendant, Kenneth Dion, is charged with murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, felony murder, sexual assault in the first degree, and...Tags: Justice System, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Assault
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Defense Admits Dion Lied to Police About Knowing Craig
Channel 2 NewsProsecutors played a 2006 police interview with defendant Kenneth Dion at his murder trial Friday. In the interview, conducted after a DNA link was made to Dion, he says he didn't know Bonnie Craig, whom prosecutors say was beaten, raped and murdered in...Tags: Semen, Rape, Murder, Biotechnology Industry, Alaska
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