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Friday Roundup: Bad Science, DNA Testing and Convicting the Innocent
Posted: January 7, 2011 3:59 pm
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.