Gerald J. Turetsky
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After stop & frisk
July 3, 2013 | 4:00amIt’s not looking good for stop-and-frisk, the NYPD’s successful tactic that has effectively disarmed countless young New York City gunmen. Even as a federal judge seems poised to kneecap the...
Albany's deadly DNA-law delay
June 24, 2010 | 4:00amDNA is one of the most powerful tools of modern crime-fighting -- but New York lawmakers have been reluctant to let law-enforcement officials use its full potential. Police now routinely...
TYING NY CRIME FIGHTERS' HANDS
May 13, 2008 | 7:21amDNA identification is one of the most powerful tools of modern crime-fighting, providing evidence that can greatly help catch and convict the guilty - and clear the innocent. But our...