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DNA speaks

Frank Lee SmithDNA speaks The state Crime Lab needs to share the truth in old evidence February 10, 2008 If new DNA evidence turns up that could shed light on the innocence ? or guilt, of course ? of an individual convicted of a crime, that person should be told. He should have a right to press for the evidence to be tested, using modern methods that can reveal the truth locked within. And he should be informed of the results of those tests.Seems obvious, doesn't it? Simple justice. Enough cases have already demonstrated that Virginia has convicted, imprisoned and even come close to executing innocent people ? until retesting of DNA evidence revealed the truth.Somehow that obvious principle has been ignored in the massive hunt to unearth and reconsider biological evidence at the state crime lab...continue to full post

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