We don't like this one bit. New York is going to spend $350,000.00 to test DNA in unsolved rape cases. It's called the John Doe Indictment Project. We call it another way to get around the statute of limitations in rape cases. We'd much rather the money went to test DNA in cases of inmates languishing in prisons who have non-frivilous claims of innocence.

Other objections:

...The New York Civil Liberties Union raised questions about the practice in a memorandum opposing proposed legislation that would have changed New York State law to explicitly allow such indictments. The indictments could violate the due process rights of those accused of crimes, according to the undated memorandum, which appears on the group's Web site, because after the passage of a significant amount of time, an innocent person accused of a crime may be unable to remember what he or she was doing on a specific day, and alibi witnesses also may not remember, may move away or may die.

That's right. Memory weakens over time. Witnesses disappear. DNA doesn't tell you if the sex was consensual or not. It only tells you who was involved. Meanwhile, DNA has proven that 133 people have been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. There are likely thousands more of them in our jails. Let's do their testing first.

Update: Here's the latest, the Indictments are coming.