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Sifting Clarice Starling through the CBS crimetime filter means we should know what to expect from "Clarice," the network's new take on the FBI agent made famous by "The Silence of the Lambs."

Three decades have passed since Jonathan Demme's multiple Oscar-winning film first hit theaters, and in thewake of its success the fear and fascination that movie's cannibalistic antagonist struck in people gave rise to an entire subgenre of pop culture freakery.

We know CBS's contribution to this. Entire drama franchises around lurid murders and the dedicated, complex men and women who solve them inform the look and execution of TV procedural to this day."CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" kicked its popularity into high gear, leading to the eventual arrival of "Criminal Minds" and its endless parade of women in cages, freezers, boxes, hidden sheds, what have you.

Some may remember that inaugural "CSI" star William Petersen played Thomas Harris' FBI profiler Will Graham in Michael Mann's 1986 "Red Dragon" adaptation "Manhunter." Once we add that to the equation the status of "Clarice" stands as something of an ouroboros both in popular culture and for CBS, cycling back to the start of it all.

Would the procedurals evocative of the CBS brand look as they do if Demme's film hadn't been such a runaway hit? We can't know the answer to that question. We do know that close-ups on nibbled waterlogged corpses are no great shakes these days, and we encounter them in the premiere of "Clarice" . . . but not before flashbacks showing Buffalo Bill sewing what is supposed to be the lotioned skin of his victims. My brains registers these recurring images as, what, latex maybe?

Don't mistake my meaning here these are all disgusting sights, but we've seen them time and again on this network and elsewhere. Placing a new take on Clarice Starling (courtesy of Australian actor Rebecca Breeds) doesn't make the imagery or the violence it illustrates any fresher, or illuminate anything we don't already think we know about the young FBI agent herself.

Nevertheless series creator Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet try their damndest to flesh out what we know about Clarice by digging into the lasting effects of the trauma she must have sustained while contending with the rank misogyny within the Bureau that a woman like Agent Starling would have to overcome. This aspect of the drama could give it some meat, if the series can persuade viewers to get past what "Clarice" isn't, or what it's missing.

The answer to both can be captured in a word that's also a passionately adored TV title: "Hannibal."

You will not hear Dr. Lecter's name uttered in "Clarice," nor will you see him. Welcome the world of rights issues: MGM, which produces "Clarice," only has the rights to characters and storylines created for "The Silence of the Lambs." The DeLaurentiisCompany, which produced Bryan Fuller's "Hannibal" series, owns the rights to the character of Hannibal Lecter.

So although Dr. Lecter wriggled inside of Clarice's psyche and at this point in the story has escaped and is seeking out his next accompaniment to favas beans and a nice chianti, Clarice is haunted more by the image of Bill and the clouds of death's-head hawkmoths infesting her brain.

The closest the three episodes flirt with referencing the famous connoisseur of human organs is when the therapist (Shawn Doyle) assigned to evaluate her fitness to serve impatiently accuses her of deflecting for a full year, "which is understandable, given your last therapist was an inmate in the Baltimore Hospital for the Criminally Insane and, you know, ate his patients."

"You let that relationship be intimate," he says later, asking, "How do you carry that? How do you carry his rage? . . . I'll put it another way. What do you do with all your rage?" Sustained efforts to answer these questions could eventually make"Clarice" interesting. But the three episodes provided for review mainly reveal a losing struggle against the past not merely the character's but that of the franchise.

"Clarice" picks up a year after the events of "Silence of the Lambs," and the writers drop reminders throughout the script that this is indeed a period piece, mainly in the form of Clarice being designated famous by way of 1993-era tabloids.

Because of this she's taken refuge in the FBI's Behavioral Sciences Unit and would have happily remained nestled in its anonymity if not for the intercession of Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson), who is now a politically ambitious attorney general.

Martin, the senator whose daughter Catherine (Marnee Carpenter) Clarice saved from that infamous hole in Buffalo Bill's basement, believes the young agent has a fresh perspective on a pair of homicides involving female (naturally) victims found stabbed to death and covered in bite marks. Clarice does develop a theory, just not one that her fellow agents expect or appreciate.

If not for the quotidian feel of "Clarice" the undercurrent of animosity Clarice faces on the violent crimes task force to which she's assigned could have given the audience something to dig into. But even that feels network typical her new boss Paul Krendler (Michael Cudlitz) can't stand that she's intelligent, capable and a young woman who rose in after being plucked from Quantico, while her fellow agents (played by Nick Sandow, Kal Penn and Lucca De Oliveira) begrudge the awe she inspires in the public despite only having worked one case.

Even the therapist behaves more like an enemy than a support, but this may be for any number of reasons . . . sexist resentment? Maybe he wants to eat her. Who can say. But his posturing takes up less mental bandwidth than a viewer's internal struggle to refrain from comparing Breeds to Jodie Foster, or the very everyday "Clarice" to the artistically adventurous, visually intoxicating, seductive and disturbing "Hannibal."

Everything about "Clarice" wrestles between the desire to evoke its direct predecessor and stand apart from it. Breeds cranks out a fine performancethat doesn't feel original to her, and that might not be entirely her fault since she's swimming in the wake of a giant standard bearer for a franchise that's been hit and miss.

The part she's taken up is a hit though, and that means one can't help thinking the Appalachian accent rolling around in her mouth sounds like something between Foster's and Julianne Moore's from the terrible 2001 version of "Hannibal." (Fortunately for "Clarice" (and Special Agent Krendler) that's set sometime down the road. )

A number of the parts that make the whole of "Clarice" feel like this is because this show is designed as a commonplace sequel to an extraordinary film. This only serves to make, say, the gray filter plunging the scenes into shadowlook pancake flat or to rob familiar characters such as Cudlitz's Krendler of possible depth and expansion.

At the same time Devyn Tyler picks up the role of Clarice's Quantico friend Ardelia Mapp (played by Kasi Lemmons in "Silence") and seems to have a good time with it, adding glimmers of levity into the bleakness. Both of these characters and actors could grow into something more than we've seen from them so far, mostly because we don't know much about them.

But we know Clarice, or at least we think we do; so does Breed, whose efforts keep us from writing off "Clarice" entirely. Kurtzman and Lumet also chose to diverge from any serial killer of the week expectations by throwing us off that assumption straightaway, and putting it aside entirely in the second episode to have Agent Starling face off with a cult.

Turning away from past associations would be a fine choice for this character and the continuation of this franchise if it were airing anywhere else. Here it restricts a uniquely charismatic figure by placing her inside of a standard procedural, which is a shame becauseClarice Starling isn't your average agent. In this show, on this network, she might as well be.

"Clarice" premieres Thursday, Feb.11 at 10 p.m. on CBS.

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After We Fell is an upcoming 2021 movie and is the third installment in the After movie seriesdirected byRoger Kumbleand written byAnna Toddand Mario Celaya. It is based on the 2014new adult fictionnovel of the same name by Todd, and the second part of the movie series released last year and was called After We Collided. The movies revolve around the love story of a young couple named Hardin and Tessa and how they overcome roadblocks in their relationship.

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The After We Fell cast includes Josephine Langford as the lead, playing the character of Tessa Young. Langford is an Australian actor and is mostly known for the After movie series. Josephine has appeared in several short films likeSex Ed,When Separating, andGypsy Blood.She made her screen debut in the 2017 indie film titled Pulse,which screened at film festivals. Lanford went on to star in a supporting role in the American horror film titled Wish Upon alongside Joey King and made her television debut with Wolf Creek.In 2019, Langford also appeared in the Americanhorroranthologyweb televisionseriesInto the Darkas Clair.

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After We Fell movie cast also stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the male lead opposite Langford. He portrays the character of Hardin Scott in the romantic drama film. Hero is an English actor and model and has played the character of11-year-oldTom Riddle, the young version of the antagonistLord Voldemort, in the filmHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. His popular works include The Silencing, Possession with Intent to Supply, Private Peaceful, The Tunnel, Cleaning Up among others.

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The star cast of After We Fell has Chance Perdomo playing the role of Landon Gibson. Perdomo is an American-born English actor and has appeared inKilled by My Debt and played Ambrose Spellman on theNetflixseriesChilling Adventures of Sabrina. Chance has appeared in several films like Longfield Drive, The Importance of Skin, and television series like Midsomer Murders, Hetty Feather, andShakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.

The cast of After We Fell movie will have Louise Lombard portray the character of Trish Daniels. Lombard is an English actor and known for her roles asEvangeline Eliott in theBBCdrama seriesThe House of EliottandSofia Curtisin theCBSdrama seriesCSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Her popular movies include Tale of the Mummy, My Kingdom, Countdown, Hidalgo, Shadow Wolves among others.

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Islamabad : Thousands of innocent people are in jails and undergoing, death and life imprisonment, without committing any cognisable offence due to defective criminal justice system and poor circuit of the investigation, because the structure of investigation is built on the foundation of monitory magnetism, not on the truth and reality.

Criminal investigations in Pakistan move from criminal to the crime scene which ultimately leads to the invention of substantiation, forced confessions, torture, and ultimately acquittals or wrongful convictions.

Investigation under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is defined as the collection of evidence which in turn requires the use of scientific tools and latest techniques.

To perk up investigations, police must shift their focus on the crime scene and use scientific methods, ensure the chain of custody procedures and secure the evidence to identify the criminal.

Police are the entry point in the criminal justice system and an entrance for access to justice. If its nucleus task of the investigation is compromised due to political interference, vested interest, or corruption coupled with inefficiency, it will definitely lead to the closure of justice at the doorstep.

There are examples in the past where lack of expertise and poor handling of evidence at crime scenes lead to a negative impact on the final verdict. Poor handling, preservation, and incomplete crime scene investigation left a gap in evidence in the trial leading to failure in getting a conviction. In spite of a mountain of evidence given by the prosecutor, serious doubts had been created by defence on evidence. The impact of lacking proper training also influenced the crime scene processing including evidence collection and subsequently case investigation as well.

It is high time that investigative role shall be further strengthened and enhanced and only sanctioned investigators must be deputed by law to investigate the cases and in case of motivated or wrong arrests, the investigation officer and the department must face the civil damages suits.

Pakistani criminal justice system establishments are not capable to cope with the challenges being faced. Police, prosecution, judiciary, and prisons lack sufficient modern education, required technology, and a rule of the law-oriented conception of the criminal investigation. These phenomena have led to a lack of trust on the part of the populace in the execution of the system.

The structure also suffers from a lack of capacity on the part of individual institutions and involved actors, especially with regard to coordinating their efforts. Crime rates are high, yet only a small proportion of cases result in convictions. The system and its institutions, the public prosecutors office and the judiciary are largely inefficient, outdated, subject to political influence, and fragmented. Despite these shortcomings, they are under considerable pressure to produce results.

Crime scene investigation is an important tool in the criminal investigation process. Proper processing of a crime scene is a prerequisite for successfully solving a criminal case. In Pakistan, local policemen are not properly trained and equipped with the necessary items required for systematic processing of crime scenes including proper identification and collection of evidence. Certain capacity-building measures and improvements must be needed for the proper processing of crime scenes in Pakistan. This article focuses on the current situation and strategies being practiced in Pakistan followed by suggestions for capacity-building measures in this field.

Crimes are often investigated poorly in developing countries like Pakistan because forensic science is rarely considered a part of the process. The importance of crime scene investigations has not only been neglected but has also been underestimated in past. One reason for substandard crime scene processing in Pakistan is the lack of many crime-solving technologies that have already been utilized in developed nations. However, the nature and magnitude of terrorist attacks, activism in judicial institutions, extensive media engagement, and growing public awareness have put pressure on the police force to look beyond traditional methods of investigation. Though forensic methodologies are not infallible but going forensic is unavoidable if the police are to respond to the innovations taking place in the field of crime. The capacity of the policing in Pakistan to deliver on cracking a case is severely diminished by the lack of forensic services, inadequate training, and equipment. As we know an efficient functioning police service is required for solving many hideous crimes.

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Toms River, NJ- In a January 28 press release, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that Donald Rutter, 61, of Tuckerton, a fugitive from justice who was charged on January 6, 2021 with the Attempted Murder of Thomas Jarvis, 55, of Little Egg Harbor, was apprehended by the United States Marshals Service in Atlantic City on January 28, 2021.

On January 5, 2021, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Little Egg Harbor Township Police were dispatched to Jarvis Marine on Radio Road in response to a 911 call which related that an individual had been shot. Responding Officers found Thomas Jarvis with an apparent gunshot wound to his midsection. Mr. Jarvis was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. He has since been released from the hospital and is reportedly recovering from his injuries.

An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office Major Crime Unit revealed that Rutter was, in fact, the individual who shot Mr. Jarvis. An exhaustive search of the surrounding area by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutors Office High Tech Crime Unit, Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, Ocean County Prosecutors Office Regional SWAT Team, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey State Park Police, United States Marshals Service, Ocean County Sheriffs Office, and Tuckerton Police Department, was unsuccessful in locating Rutter in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. As such, a warrant was issued for Rutters arrest charging him with Attempted Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1a(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1), as well as Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a(1).

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On January 28, 2021, Rutter was ultimately located in Atlantic City and taken into custody, without incident, by the United States Marshals Service. He is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

I am extremely thankful for the outstanding teamwork exhibited by all the law enforcement agencies involved in locating Rutter. This is a prime example of law enforcement at its best, with our partners at the local, county, state, and federal levels coming together - working tirelessly for more than three weeks - to capture a fugitive from justice. Their collaboration and perseverance certainly paid off today, as Rutter is now lodged in the Ocean County Jail, Prosecutor Billhimer stated.

Prosecutor Billhimer would like to acknowledge the Ocean County Prosecutors Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutors Office High Tech Crime Unit, Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, Ocean County Prosecutors Office Regional SWAT Team, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey State Park Police, United States Marshals Service, Ocean County Sheriffs Office, Ocean County Sheriffs Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Tuckerton Police Department for their collective efforts in connection with this investigation resulting in Rutters apprehension.

The press and public are reminded that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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Brian Hargrove is well-known in law enforcement circles for his years of work as a crime scene specialist with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

During his career, he has helped solve complex murder cases in 11 counties throughout central Georgia. He has also testified many times in courtrooms throughout the eight-county Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit, and in other jurisdictions as well.

And in every case, his hard work and keen eye for detail, has been the pursuit of justice and helping take the person or people responsible for certain crimes off the streets, and to see them behind bars after they have been convicted.

The 42-year-old Hargrove was recently promoted to assistant agent in-charge of the GBI Region 6 Office in Milledgeville.

Hargrove began his career in law enforcement in September 1999, starting out as a jailer in with the Baldwin County Sheriffs Office in Milledgeville.

He was hired by longtime Baldwin County Sheriff Bill Massee.

I spent three months working in the jail, said Hargrove during a recent interview with The Union-Recorder. And then in January, I went to Police Academy. The sheriff then put me on the road patrol as a deputy.

Hargrove worked as a deputy for less than two years before he was promoted to detective with the local sheriff's office.

I worked under some really good people, Hargrove recalled, noting that they included former Detective Lt. Bobby Langford and Jimmy Josey, chief of detectives for several years. I learned a lot from both of those men.

Hargrove later worked general investigation cases, as well as specialized cases related to child crimes. He then began working drug investigations along with Brad King, who recently was promoted to the rank of major overseeing all criminal investigations at the Baldwin County Sheriffs Office.

Hargrove and King remain good friends today.

I really learned so much from Brad King, Todd Crosby, Bobby Langford, Jimmy Josey and Bill Massee, Hargrove said. Thats who I learned from.

Hargrove worked as a detective at the sheriffs office from 2002 until 2007.

While working in criminal investigations at the Baldwin County Sheriffs Office, Hargrove earned his criminal justice degree in 2006 after attending classes at both Georgia Military College and Georgia College.

Shortly after Hargrove earned his degree, he was recruited by Joe Wooten, who at the time was a special agent with the GBI Region 6 Office.

He was with the drug task force at the time, Hargrove said of Wooten. So, I applied with the GBI and was hired as a special agent.

Hargrove attended agent school right away.

The first assignment Hargrove held with the GBI was working with the Macon Regional Drug Enforcement Office.

I worked dope cases right here in Milledgeville and Baldwin County from 2007 until 2010, Hargrove said. And then in 2010, I transferred to the field and worked under Special Agent Tom Davis, another one that I learned a lot from.

Hargrove investigated criminal cases before deciding that he wanted to specialize in the field of solving crimes.

Hargrove and Todd Crosby, a long time crime scene specialist with the GBI and former road patrol sergeant with the Baldwin County Sheriffs Office under Massee, got to know one another better even though the two men had known each other for years.

I respected Todd immensely, Hargrove said.

As GBI agents, Hargrove said he worked a lot of cases with Crosby.

I probably learned more from Todd than anybody the reason being is that I came over here and worked in field investigations for about two years, Hargrove said.

In 2011, the GBI establish a second crime scene specialist position within the Milledgeville office.

Right away, Hargrove said he thought to himself that expressing an interest in that position was what he wanted to do.

I actually walked down the hall and into Toms (Davis) office and asked him if I could do it, and of course, he told me he would take it under advisement, Hargrove said. A couple of days later, he called me back down to his office and said, If you want it, youve got it, well make it happen.

Hargrove began working as a crime scene specialist in October 2011.

Crime scene investigation interested me a lot, Hargrove said.

He added that he also was intrigued by how much Crosby was well respected by his colleagues.

Immediately, I saw an opportunity and I knew right then that I could do one of two things, Hargrove said. You can either wait for an opportunity to happen and take it when it comes or wait around and it could pass you by.

Looking back at his decision, it couldnt have been more pleasing.

I knew that decision was a no-brainer, Hargrove said, noting that he also knew that he would receive the best knowledge of anyone hes ever known in crime scene investigations.

In fall 2012, Hargrove attended National Forensics Academy at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

For the next five years, Hargrove and Crosby worked together full-time as crime scene specialists in the 11 counties covered by the Region 6 GBI Office in Milledgeville.

I had the unique opportunity of being the apprentice and being mentored by Todd for five years, Hargrove said with a big smile. I was so very fortunate to have been taught by Todd, who is a wonderful man of God. He was my mentor and were still close friends.

Hargrove said Crosby emphasized to him all the time that they were doing the Lords work.

Todd preached that regularly to me, Hargrove said. He said, Youre doing the Lords work.

Today, Crosby serves as special agent in-charge of the GBI office in Perry. He and his family still reside in Baldwin County, though.

Hargrove is married to Lisa, who works as an elementary school teacher. The couple has two children, a son, Ethan Yopp; and a daughter, Katie.

Hargrove became the senior crime scene specialist after Crosby was promoted to a supervisory position at the Perry office in 2016.

For a year and a half, Hargrove worked crime scene investigations within the 11-county GBI Region 6.

He was later joined by Crime Scene Specialist Shannon Resha.

Hargrove said one of the most valuable lessons he learned while enrolled at the National Forensics Academy was to leave no stone unturned.

Leaving any stone unturned at a crime scene could easily lead to missing something; something that could make a difference in whether or not the case was solved.

We arrest people and we go to trial where the defendant or defendants are prosecuted, Hargrove said. Thats a big part of our job, but our main job is to gather facts. Were fact-finders. If the facts show that a person is innocent, then they are innocent. And if the facts show that they are guilty, then they are arrested and tried. We simply follow the evidence in every case.

He said the word thorough is often used by the state law enforcement agency because that word covers a lot about how each case is investigated by the GBI.

Hargrove was promoted to his current position with the GBI on Nov. 16.

I was happy working crime scenes, but this is a calling from the good Lord and we do the Lords work, and wherever the Lord takes us is where we go, Hargrove said, while reflecting on his new position. If he had wanted to me a crime scene specialist for the next five years that would have been fine, too.

Now that he has been involved in his new role for a few weeks, Hargrove has learned firsthand that it isnt less stress and work.

Its just as much stress and work and oftentimes, even more so, he admits.

Hargrove contends hes not the smartest person in the world, but theres one thing he believes hes done well during his law enforcement career.

I have always surrounded myself with people that knew what they were doing.

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