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Student Post - Links to Sex Crimes to Follow Texas Suspects

By Corey Rayburnyung

A recently published article in the Wall Street Journal talks about a new law that was put into effect on September 1, 2009 in Texas. This new law allows prosecutors and parole boards, for the first time in the history of this country, to see DNA evidence that links a suspect to an old sexual assault, even though the statute of limitations has expired on the case and the suspect was never tried. Previously, there would be no record linking the suspect to the old crime. This new law has its supporter, who are optimistic that suspects in those old cases, of which the statute of limitations has run, will face more vigorous prosecutions and sterner parole boards should they find themselves in trouble with the law again. On the other hand, the newly enacted law has its opponents, who believe that the new law robs alleged suspects of their due-process rights...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).