As the investigation into the murder of Yale student Annie Le continues, CNN.com provided an interesting article called "What Does a 'Person of Interest' Mean? Nothing."
The article explains how the use of the term 'person of interest' has caused many who are sought after by the police in an investigation to be presumed guilty. When in reality the phrase simply means a person or a group of people being considered in connection to a crime but not as the direct cause.
The article is especially interesting if you consider all the times crime shows such as the "CSI" and "Law & Order" franchises use the terms 'suspect' and 'person of interest'. How is that we have become a society where the simplest act of using a certain term/phrase can subject someone's value in that society, regardless of whatever innocence they may or may not have.
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