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Law's Andrew Pollis warns of red flags in the Long Island murder case

Media | December 10, 2025 | Story by: Editorial Staff

A smoothie straw IDed a suspect 40 years after a Long Island teen’s murder

A&E: Andrew Pollis, professor of law, warned that a newly reopened 1984 Long Island murder case—revived after police matched DNA from a discarded smoothie straw to the victim—raises major red flags, from the original false confessions to contamination risks with DNA taken from public trash.

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