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Alabama column: Why no DNA testing for Tommy Arthur?

Alabama column: Why no DNA testing for Tommy Arthur? Posted: July 11, 2008 4:10 pm http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog.php "It seems a simple thing. Before the state of Alabama executes someone, it should leave no room for doubt about a person's guilt," columnist David Person writes in today?s Huntsville Times.Tommy Arthur has been on Alabama?s death row for 25 years for a murder he has always said he didn?t commit. Gov. Bob Riley has the right to order a DNA test on his behalf. George W. Bush ordered testing for a prisoner when he was governor of Texas. But Riley has refused to grant access to testing, and Arthur is scheduled to be executed on July 31st. Alabama is one of seven states that doesn't provide access to DNA testing for capital cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).