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Friday Roundup: False Confessions, DNA Access, Compensation
Posted: February 24, 2012 5:15 pm
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.
Tags: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky