My mental picture upon reading:

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A saga over the frozen sperm of a
reputed New York mobster who smuggled it out of prison to
impregnate his wife has come to an end with its DESTRUCTION, a
prosecutor said this week.

Destruction? How? Did they hook little electrodes to it and zap it (and the lights in the prison briefly dimmed)? Where there official witnesses watching from behind a one-way glass? Perhaps (and this is my favorite) it was stood up against a brick wall, refused the blindfold, and bravely ...