Criminal Law

New resource: Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing
The Justice Project has developed a series of policy reviews on the leading causes of wrongful convictions that explain the problems and recommend common sense solutions Improving Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing: A Policy ReviewThis policy review provides an overview of problems with current post-conviction DNA testing laws, offers solutions to these problems, profiles cases [...

Improving access to post-conviction DNA testing
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Registered sex offender who pleaded denied DNA test
Eric Stephen Young sought post-conviction DNA testing. The problem: He was never convicted. In dismissing Young's application for the test, the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas found that Texas law limits the right to seek post-conviction DNA testing to...

Innocent Man Denied DNA Testing
Finally, someone listened: DALLAS - A 56-year-old man who spent 25 years behind bars for a rape he says he didn't commit walked out of court a free man on Friday after a judge recommended his aggravated rape conviction be overturned...

Post conviction witness travel expenses for defendant: HODGE V. HON. EDDY COLEMAN (SC 1/24/2008)
HODGE V. HON. EDDY COLEMAN CRIMINAL: POST CONVICTION TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR WITNESSES 2007-SC-000073-OA.pdf PUBLISHED: 1224 DATE RENDERED: 1/24/2008 This case required SC to determine if indigent post-conviction petitioners are entitled to public funds for the travel expenses of their out-of-county witnesses in cases in which a court has determined that an evidentiary hearing is necessary to resolve the post-conviction motion...

New Report: The Problems Surrounding Post-Conviction DNA Testing Policies and Procedures
by John F. Terzano, President of The Justice Project, a nonpartisan organization that works to increase fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system, with a focus on the capital punishment system Last week, The Justice Project released Increasing Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing: A Policy Review...

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