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News Coverage of Yesterday's Senate Hearing

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C-SPAN3 will re-air the hearing today at 12:46 pm, (EST.) Marcia Coyle covered the hearing for the National Law Journal reporting, "DOJ upbraided over stalled DNA program."The Senate Judiciary Committee has challenged the U.S. Department of Justice on why it has not approved a single grant to states under the federal Kirk Bloodsworth DNA Post-Conviction Testing Program despite congressional funding of nearly $14 million in the last three years. "Not a dime" has gone out to the states, Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said on Jan. 23, adding, "That is wrong. That is scandalous. That is irresponsible." It is also intentional, charged the man for whom the program was named ? Kirk Noble Bloodsworth, the first person sentenced to death to be exonerated by DNA evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).