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“DNA debacle in murder case”

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

from the AP: DNA from multiple people has been found on evidence in a 1990 double slaying, but it has not been tested against a man on Kentucky?s death row for the killings. A hat used as evidence in the case of Thomas Clyde Bowling had DNA from three people and a jacket had DNA from two, according to preliminary tests described in court filings. Bowling, 54, was convicted of the murders of Eddie and Tina Earley outside their Lexington dry cleaning store, Early Bird Cleaners. Their young son survived the attack. The DNA evidence has not been compared to a sample from Bowling because prosecutors have objected to the tests. Bowling?s lawyers are asking Fayette Circuit Judge Kim Bunnell to vacate his conviction based on preliminary test results...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 30, 2008 (boomark / email).