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OH: mourned defender / missing DNA evidence

By Skelly

From the Columbus Dispatch:* DAVID H. BODIKER 1934-2008 - Public defender was 'fierce advocate' for Death Row inmatesDavid H. Bodiker, an outspoken and relentless defender of the poor in Ohio's criminal court system, died Friday night after undergoing emergency heart surgery. He was 73."He was a fierce advocate for his client," said James. D. Owen, former chairman of the Public Defender Commission for 11 years. "He was a master of the facts and always tried to put the interest of his client in the forefront of everything he did..."* Lost hope - When DNA evidence goes missing, so does the chance for an exoneration A man on Ohio's Death Row held faint hope that a DNA test might keep him from his grave. But no one could find the evidence... Another man was changing a flat tire when a 5-year-old girl pointed to him as the man who had raped her 11 weeks earlier...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on January 27, 2008 (boomark / email).