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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

DNA testing methods are found ?scientifically sound.? The Wales Government commissioned an independent study to test the reliability of low template (LCN) DNA testing as reported by Gavin O?Connor in the Western Mail. The test is considered accurate but recommendations were made for improving the collection and interpretation of samples. The soundness of LCN testing was questioned in December after one test wrongly linked a sample from a car bomb in Northern Ireland to a 14-year-old boy in Nottingham. Virginia schedules an execution this May Washington Post reporter Tim Craig writes that Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will proceed with executions now that the U.S Supreme Court has upheld lethal injections in Baze v. Rees. The state has set May 27 for the execution of Kevin Green, who was convicted of murdering a convenience store owner in 1998...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).