Greetings fellow writers! If anyone out there is interested in joining a local group of Sisters in Crime, and you live near the Columbus, Ohio area, check out SiCCO! siccowriters.org

I wish! only short texts in the meantime.
What about you? Do you work on a novel these days?

I think Police Facebook could be a great place for interesting ideas.
Avi

Old school writers all the way. Not a bad way to go. Good to see you on Crimespace.

I exchanged several letters with Charles Ng who is convicted of the torture murdes of 11 people, including babies, the mothers and fathers. He is awaiting execution in San Quentin. In his letters he quote Camus, an essay entitled, Reflections on the Guillotine. I did a face-to-face death row interview in Montana State Prison with Ron Smith, who faces execution there. He tole me how the ghosts of the two young men he murdered, haunted him, appearing at the foot of his bed in his cell. I did a face to face death row interview in Huntsville Texas with a cop killer days before his execution. I conducted a telephone interview with another cop killer, himself a former cop. I did another interview with a convicted sex killer after he called me in the newsroom from the psych ward where he was being treated - he'd tricked officials into thinking he was calling his lawyer. Called me to recount detail by detail his crimes. Very chilling. I had a pimp who murdered a young girl call me from jail after his arrest to scream that he was innocent. He wasn't. I had child killer who'd escaped from prison in Alberta agree to an interview after he was arrested trying to rob a bank in in the Seattle area. I am sure I am forgetting a few others.

Hi! Does anyone happen to know the name of the database that stores and cross-references the results of DNA samples from different cases? I saw it on an episode of Cold Case Files but didn't write down the name.

I think the database you're talking about is called CODIS...

Good to meet you, fellow Sister in Crime. Best wishes with your writing endeavors.
Lj