March 31, 2004

Wecht examines Taiwan President

Dr. Wecht and other U.S. experts examined Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's alleged gunshot wound from a mysterious assassination attempt just one day before the presidential election on March 19.

Dr. Wecht and his American colleagues, which included Michael Baden, were asked to examine Chen after the opposition Nationalist Party demanded an investigation by impartial foreign experts due to suspicion that the shooting, which only lightly wounded Chen and Vice President Annette Lu, was staged for sympathy votes.

Dr. Wecht, however, said after looking at the wound and taking some photos and measurements he saw nothing there inconsistent with it being a gunshot wound.

See U.S. Crime Experts Examine Taiwan President's Wound, Reuters

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Markowitz on Wecht

Jack Markowitz is a columnist and retired business editor of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He recently wrote a kind column on Dr. Wecht, drawing comparisons between his place within his profession and that of other Pittsburghers such as Fred Rogers and Allan Meltzer. See Pittsburgh needs more 'industries' like Wecht.

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What makes the perfect crime?

The perfect crime, Dr. Wecht believes, is more possible through the ineptitude, lack of training and lack of experience by investigators. Speaking before students and faculty at Washington & Jefferson College, Dr. Wecht said the inexperience of the police force and district attorney in Boulder, Colo., for example, was a hindrance to the JonBenet Ramsey investigation.

The fact nobody has been charged makes it a perfect crime, Dr. Wecht said.

See 'Dissecting 'the perfect crime', Observer-Reporter

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