re DNA testing: Virginia was the first state to convict a killer on the basis of DNA testing. That case involved the "Southside Strangler"-Timothy Wayne Spencer.I lived in Richmond, within blocks of three of those killings. A doctor I worked with was his second victim. I was working 3-11 and my wife and baby girl were home alone at that time each night. I hoped and prayed that this was a sure -fire way to identify a suspect. Too many people have been imprisoned and executed falsely. I only know how safe most people in Richmond felt when this guy was taken of the streets. Patricia Cornwell wrote one of her first books based on this case. This case, being so close to home, caused me much consternation re: the whole death penaly situation. But ultimatlely I finally decided I was against it becasue of the possibility that an innocent somewhere(maybe not Va.) might be falsely accused and put to death. So sorry so many have had such trouble in Va. with the police.