Crime Deck May Help When Cons Play Poker

When the war in Iraq was well underway, a novel method of assisting in the capture of terrorists and other targets of the United States got a lot of media attention when figures like Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden were placed on a deck of playing cards. The cards, which have been successful in aiding in the capture of the wanted men, have spawned and inspired a new deck, this one to aid Florida police solve unsolved crimes.



The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office put together a standard deck of 52 playing cards, each with details of cold cases; the decks have been handed out to Florida prisoners in the hopes they may be able to help solve the crimes. The Crime Stoppers playing cards have already helped, having been credited with the arrests of two murder suspects.