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Prosecutors Fight Access to DNA Tests for Convicts

By Ron Chapman

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The following article appeared in the New York Times earlier this week: 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 Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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