Tag: DNA ttesting
By Jeralyn, Section Supreme Court
Posted on Mon Mar 02, 2009 at 11:03:04 AM EST
Tags: DNA ttesting, wrongful convictions (all tags)
Posted on Mon Mar 02, 2009 at 11:03:04 AM EST
Tags: DNA ttesting, wrongful convictions (all tags)
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the William Osborne case. Osborne was convicted of rape in Alaska and alleges new DNA technology would prove he is factually innocent.
Alaska is one of several states that refuses to allow inmates to obtain DNA testing to prove innocence.
The Obama administration has taken Alaska’s side in arguing that Osborne has no right to access the biological evidence obtained in 1994, even if he pays for it. Today’s advanced tests could establish a match with a certainty of one in a billion. Former FBI Director William Sessions explains why Obama is wrong on this one. [More...]
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