Friday Roundup: Bad Science, DNA Testing and Convicting the Innocent
01.07.11
A Washington, D.C. Superior Court judge will team-up with law enforcement, prosecutors and defense attorneys to determine whether or not
to create an innocence commission to combat wrongful convictions
.
Students at the Innocence Project at University of Virginia School of Law are
waiting on a court ruling
that could help clear the name of a client on death row.
Despite advances in technology,
bad science continues to convict the innocent
.
Illinois passed a bill
expanding the definition of a wrongfully imprisoned person
to include a person released from state prison who has received either a pardon from the governor or a certificate from the Circuit Court proclaiming innocence.
Attorneys for the West Memphis Three
will seek DNA testing
on additional evidence from the crime scene where three 8-year-olds bodies were found.
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