of fingerprints, police believe the killer made a mistake, a thumb print left on the back door. the neighbor said that edward lee elmore, a 23-year-old handyman, worked for dorothy from time to time. although he had never been convicted of a felony, police matched his fingerprints from other misdemeanor arrests and issued a warrant to bring him in. accusing him of murder and rape among lesser charges. greenwood police went looking for elmore 36 hours after dorothy s body was found. i was working second shift with the detective division and the call came in saying the suspect was at the apartment. i went up and knocked on the door. the encounter was not what the detective expected. i told him that we had a warrant for his arrest. and i told him it was for murder. his demeanor at that time was so
matched his fingerprints from other misdemeanor arrests and issued a warrant to bring him in, accusing him of murder and rape, among lesser charges. greenwood police went looking for elmore 36 hours after dorothy s body was found. i was working second shift with the detective division and the call came in saying the suspect was at his girlfriend mary s apartment. i went up and knocked on the door. the encounter was not what detective vandenburgh expected. i told them that we had a warrant for his arrest. and i told him it was for murder. his demeanor at that time was so nonchalant. oh, okay. which is totally out of context for anybody i ve ever dealt with before in a situation like that. no outburst or violent behavior. just like oh, well. police took hair and blood
convicted of a felony, police matched his fingerprints from other misdemeanor arrests and issued a warrant to bring him in. accusing him of murder and uranium among lesser charges. greenwood police went looking for elmore 36 hours after dorothy s body was found. i was working second shift with the detective division and the call came in saying the suspect was at the apartment. i went up and knocked on the door. the encounter was not what the detective expected. i told them that we had a warrant for his arrest. and i told him it was for murder. his demeanor at that time was so nonchalant. oh, okay. which is totally out of context for anybody i ve ever dealt with before in a situation like that. no outburst or violent behavior. just, like, oh, well. police took hair and blood
although elmore had never been convicted of a felony, police matched his fingerprints from other misdemeanor arrests and issued a warrant to bring him in, accusing him of murder and rape, among lesser charges. greenwood police went looking for elmore 36 hours after dorothy s body was found. i was working second shift with the detective division and the call came in saying the suspect was at his girlfriend mary s apartment. i went up and knocked on the door. the encounter was not what detective vandenburgh expected. i told them that we had a warrant for his arrest. and i told him it was for murder. his demeanor at that time was so nonchalant. oh, okay. which is totally out of context for anybody i ve ever dealt with before in a situation like that. no outburst or violent behavior. just, like, oh, well.
drugs, are we going to see in colorado and washington this be the solution to that? i m not convinced. there are two important points to make about the arrest. the first is yes, 750,000 a year are arrested on marijuana charges. they are not sentenced. fewer than 400 people are in state or federal prison for marijuana possession alone. it should be zero. it s not the prison clearing solution. let me make one point about that. this is something that comes out of the work. misdemeanor arrests are a way of marking, particularly young african-american and latino people. even if they don t end up in prison, you bear the mark of the criminal justice system. point two is i m just taking your same point. sorry. will young people no longer bear the mark under