An op-ed in The New York Times reviews
why people confess to things they haven’t done
.
The Kentucky Supreme Court agreed to
hear an appeal for DNA testing
from two inmates serving life in prison. Such testing in Kentucky is traditionally limited to death row inmates.
A House bill that would award Florida exoneree William Dillon $1.35 million for serving nearly 27 years for a murder DNA proves he didn’t commit is
expected to receive a final vote today
.
Georgia crime victims stress the urgency to
improve funding for DNA testing
.
Connecticut legislators take aim at
repealing the state’s death penalty
this session.
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