Suspicions are that the dig has revealed a "plague pit" -- one of many mass graves used to dispose of the bodies of those who succumbed to the Black Death, or bubonic plague, in the 14th century.

CNN: London rail excavation unearths suspected 'plague pit'

The father of one of the young men has sent pit-bull detectives to dig up dirt on Copeland to cool his prosecutorial ardor.

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