Well obviously no one will be going to jail at this point in time. The only thing it might do is freak out some descendants if the case is to be solved and they find out it was their great-great-grandfather who was known for being a little "odd" at times. What is always consistent with acts like these,though, is that human curiousity will drive people to attempt to solve who did it and then lead to more speculation as to why and what drove Jack to it. Personally though, I don't believe that this will case will ever be solved, nor will all the evidence truely be released in this museum. There is far to much speculation of suspects that were part of the higher classes of British society, especially with having connections to the Royal family and I don't believe the Royal family would honestly allow such a possibility for exposure like that to happen.
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Fingerpointers will find themselves lingering at the suspects' wall at the end of the exhibit, where Sickert features prominently. He was accused by crime writer Patricia Cornwell in her 2002 book, which claimed that DNA evidence linked the artist to letters from the time. The exhibit works hard to debunk the myths and correct the historical record by laying out the raw evidence in accessible form. A set of razor-sharp knives and a syphilitic skull, eroded with disease, give frightening proximity to the Ripper's victims. An enormous stuffed bloodhound from the era evokes the frenzy of the manhunt. Such artifacts are far more chilling—and definitely more informative—than any Hollywood retelling of this unsolved tale.
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