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Today in 1911,the first criminal conviction based on a fingerprint match in the United States occurred in New York. Our first convict? Thomas Jennings, who was convicted of murder. Jennings appealed his conviction to the Illinois Supreme Court on the basis of a questionable new scientific technique. The Illinois Supreme Court cited the historical research and use of fingerprints as a means of reliable identification in upholding the conviction, and thus establishing the use of fingerprints as a reliable means of identification. Jennings was executed in 1912.
Today in 1964,the State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the US embassy in Moscow.
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Jessie Buttafuoco says she no longer blames dad Joey 29 years after his 17 year-old Long Island Lolita mistress Amy Fisher shot her mom in the back of the head
Jessie Buttafuoco, 38, told the host of the talk show The Doctors that letting anger towards her disgraced father Joey build up over his affair with then 17-year-old Amy Fisher serves no useful purpose
The podcaster, whose mother Mary Jo was shot in the head by Fisher in 1992, said she s let go of the anger she held on to
Jessie was just nine-years-old when her family hit the headlines for the infamous Long Island Lolita case
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Murder of SNL and The Simpsons actor Phil Hartman by wife Brynn Omdahl profiled on 20/20 on ID
Wed Mar 17, 2021 at 4:20pm ET
Phil Hartman and his wife Brynn Omdahl died in a suicide-murder in Los Angeles in 1998. Pic credit: ABC News/YouTube
20/20 on ID is investigating a Hollywood murder-suicide from 1998 when famous actor and comedian, Phil Hartman, was murdered by his wife, Brynn Omdahl, in the middle of the night as he slept.
Phil Hartman had been a successful comedian and actor who found fame working on Saturday Night Live. He went on to star in numerous movies and TV shows, including Coneheads and Small Soldiers. He also starred in The Simpsons, where he voiced Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz.