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Fun with DNA

By Anne Skove, Esq.

The mild-mannered Columbus Dispatch wowed Ohio with its expose on DNA evidence in Ohio.

The short version --

• Evidence is regularly destroyed


• Prosecutors routinely oppose DNA testing


• Judges dismiss requests without giving the required reason


• Inmates requested DNA in 313 cases; 12 were tested


• Two inmates have been cleared by DNA evidence; 7 have been confirmed guilty

See the multi-media cavalcade Test of Convictions, Columbus Dispatch.

See also today's Blog of the Nation: It Wasn't Me! Interesting discussion about who gets compensated for wrongful conviction, and how much. Is there a difference between someone who is completely innocent of any crime and spends decades in prison, or someone who is guilty on some counts but not others and spends a few extra years in the pokey? Those drafting statutes are considering this and other issues.

Ohio's Innocence Project is located at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).