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DNA testing for convicts not constitutional right

By Chuck Kallendorf

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The Supreme Court yesterday afternoon held that convicted inmates had no constitutional rights to further DNA testing ?in hopes of proving their innocence long after having been found guilty of crimes and having had started serving their sentences.? ( MSNBC article) (USAToday article)That case was District Attorney's Office for Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne, 08-6 (Here)?Chief Justice John

Full post as published by Cincinnati Law Library Blog on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).

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