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By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Once again DNA evidence exonerates an innocent individual, in prison since 1993. But the case of Lynn DeJac and her wrongful conviction for murdering her 13 year old daughter 14 years ago has a different twist.Last year DNA evidence that implicated another individual led to a court granting DeJac?s motion for a new trial and her release. State prosecutors in Buffalo New York, announced their intention to retry DeJac (Citing to the prosecutor?s code of evidence, section 11(b): ?DNA evidence is only for the prosecution. When it exonerates a defendant, there must be another explanation for this ?junk science?.)However, the twist came when Dr. Michael Baden, former Chief ME for New York City reexamined the autopsy and found that no one killed the young girl: she died from a drug overdose...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).