Template:Did you know nominations/Frances McConnell-Mills


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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:40, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Frances McConnell-Mills

 * ... that toxicologist Frances McConnell-Mills testified in numerous murder trials as an expert witness throughout her career?
 * ALT1:... that toxicologist Frances McConnell-Mills` testimony against serial killer Anna Marie Hahn ultimately led to Hahn's conviction and execution?
 * Reviewed: Greg Wohlwend
 * Comment: This lady's life is full of interesting facts, so please feel free to suggest other hooks.

Created by 97198 (talk). Self nominated at 04:57, 14 July 2014 (UTC).


 * ALT2: ... that Frances McConnell-Mills` father, a doctor, refused to pay for her medical school tuition because he thought medicine was "too hard a life for a woman"? 97198 (talk) 05:06, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * For starters, it's long enough and new enough. BRB. Drmies (talk) 00:54, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Will AGF on close paraphrase--sources are not online; by the same token, I'll accept that the phrase in the hook is properly cited. Drmies (talk) 01:02, 15 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, actually, the source is online and it doesn't exactly say the suject's testimony let to Hahn's execution; though no doubt important, to focus on just this one part of the evidence as if nothing else was needed to convict isn't justified. In fact, when you think about it, all toxicology can show is that arsenic is the agent of death -- there's a long way still to go to show that the accused is the one who put it there. But let's not hurry this one -- as noted there are LOTS of good hooks here. Let's see... just jumping randomly into the article... oh, yes, she had a prosthetic leg she called "Matilda". That's pretty quirky, I'd say. EEng (talk) 03:04, 15 July 2014 (UTC)