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Prosecutors, Justice, and DNA

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"Prosecutors Block Access to DNA Testing for Inmates," is the title of Shaila Dewan's report in today's New York Times.  Here's an extended excerpt:In an age of advanced forensic science, the first step toward ending Kenneth Reed?s prolonged series of legal appeals should be simple and quick: a DNA test, for which he has offered to pay, on evidence from the 1991 rape of which he was convicted. Louisiana, where Mr. Reed is in prison, is one of 46 states that have passed laws to enable inmates like him to get such a test. But in many jurisdictions, prosecutors are using new arguments to get around the intent of those laws, particularly in cases with multiple defendants, when it is not clear how many DNA profiles will be found in a sample...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).