A popular movie cliché like tracing the outline of a body with chalk at a crime scene was once invented not for the police (they filmed everything), but for the press. This way crime photographers could film and present the scene without tragic details.

A popular movie cliché like tracing the outline of a body with chalk at a crime scene was once invented not for the police (they filmed everything), but for the press. This way crime photographers could film and present the scene without tragic details.