Post-conviction DNA Testing in Kentucky

A person convicted of a capital offense or certain felonies and violent offenses is permitted to petition the court for post-conviction DNA testing at any time. Effective: 2002; Amended most recently: 2013.

Read the statutes: Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann 422.285 and 422.287.

 

 

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