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DNA Testing Ordered in Darlie Routier Case

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The Court of Criminal Appeals, in an opinion written by Judge Tom Price, has ordered DNA testing in a controversial Dallas County case, that of Darlie Routie.  The ruling is here. AP reports, "Court grants Routie limited DNA testing."Darlie Routier, the Rowlett mother sent to death row after the 1996 stabbing deaths of her two young sons, has been granted a chance to prove her innocence through DNA testing. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday ruled that Routier should be allowed to conduct DNA testing on blood stains, flakes of dried blood and hairs found at the crime scene. Routier's previously appeals to the court had been denied, but state law allows for post-conviction DNA testing in some cases. Routier has maintained that she is innocent of the murders...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).