Innocence Blog
June 5, 2007
Vermont Gov. signs reform bill into law
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas signed a bill last week granting access to DNA testing for people who claim innocence after being convicted of certain crimes in the state.
The bill also grants compensation to people exonerated after being convicted of a crime they didn’t commit, and it creates committees to study new state policies on evidence preservation, eyewitness identification reform and recording of custodial interrogation.
Click here to read the full text of the bill as passed by Vermont’s House and Senate.
View a map of post-conviction DNA access laws and exoneree compensation laws nationwide.
Wisconsin Law Review covers the innocence movement
From eyewitness identification to false confessions, a recent issue of the Wisconsin Law Review examines the issues of wrongful convictions – and reforms to prevent them – from all angles. Contributors include leaders of innocence organizations across the country.
Read the issue online here.
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