The encyclopedia article on Colin Pitchfork, the first person convicted of murder using DNA profiling, in 1988. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source. Citation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Pitchfork
Source TypeEncyclopedia
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Wikipedia: Colin Pitchfork
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This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Landmark Cases, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
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