Kentucky statutes provide for post-conviction testing only for offenders who are sentenced to death. The law says: “At any time, a person who was convicted of and sentenced to death for a capital offense … may request DNA testing. A judge must order the …
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Inmates challenge Kentucky’s laws for post-conviction DNA testing – Courier-Journal
May 13th, 2012 
About DNA Testing Inmates challenge Kentucky’s laws for post-conviction DNA testing – Indianapolis Star
May 13th, 2012 About DNA Testing Kentucky statutes provide for post-conviction testing only for offenders who are sentenced to death. The law says: “At any time, a person who was convicted of and sentenced to death for a capital offense … may request DNA testing. A judge must …
Inmates challenge Kentucky’s laws for post-conviction DNA testing – Indianapolis Star
May 13th, 2012 About DNA Testing Kentucky statutes provide for post-conviction testing only for offenders who are sentenced to death. The law says: “At any time, a person who was convicted of and sentenced to death for a capital offense … may request DNA testing. A judge must …
Arizona court to consider challenge to DNA testing – KPHO
May 8th, 2012 About DNA Testing The Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of a 2009 state law requiring pretrial DNA testing of juveniles accused of sex crimes and certain other offenses. At issue is whether the testing is an unconstitutional search and …
Texas Lawman to High Court: DNA Testing "Frivolous" in Death Penalty Case – Huffington Post
May 4th, 2012 About DNA Testing Texas law enforcement officials have come up with some mighty creative legal arguments over the years to justify executing Hank Skinner without first testing evidence that could prove his innocence — or confirm his guilt. At times, they claimed …
Ariz. court to consider challenge to DNA testing – Arizona Daily Star
May 1st, 2012 About DNA Testing The Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of a 2009 state law requiring pretrial DNA testing of juveniles accused of sex crimes and certain other offenses. At issue is whether the testing is an unconstitutional search and …
Evidence piling up in Wisconsin law enforcement storage – Pioneer Press
April 26th, 2012 About DNA Testing Among the factors leading to crowded evidence rooms is the increasing importance of DNA testing in criminal cases and a 2005 state law requiring law enforcement to hold onto certain evidence until a convict is out of prison and off probation.
New York DNA Database: Governor Cuomo Signs ‘All Crimes’ DNA Testing Into Law (VIDEO) – Huffington Post
March 20th, 2012 About DNA Testing New York became the first “all crimes DNA” state in the nation Monday after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill requiring anyone convicted of a felony or penal law misdemeanor to provide a sample for the state’s DNA Database. “I am …
Bill would expand post-conviction DNA testing – Cincinnati.com
March 14th, 2012 About DNA Testing FRANKFORT — Legislation has been introduced that would grant a Cincinnati man’s request for DNA testing on evidence he claims will exonerate him of a 1987 rape and killing of a Newport nurse. The proposed law would afford DNA testing to …
Court: Surrogate twins’s mother needn’t adopt – Jerusalem Post
March 7th, 2012 About DNA Testing The Interior Ministry objected, saying that only the father was allowed to undergo paternity testing to determine his relationship to the babies, but that the mother would have to apply for adoption. The ministry argued that Israeli law provides three ways …
Court: California can force inmates to submit DNA – YAHOO!
March 4th, 2012 About DNA Testing (Reuters) – California law enforcement officers can continue collecting DNA samples … Full Story »U.S. appeals court finds DNA testing constitutional
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No Comments »DNA testing may clear some men of having to pay child support – KFDA
February 24th, 2012 About DNA Testing Amarillo, TX – Some men’s child support payments may be eliminated after DNA tests are performed. Men who believe they are not the father of a child have until September to file a complaint to request a court-ordered DNA test. The law was passed in May by …
FIU professor gets federal grant to speed DNA analysis in rape cases – Bradenton Herald
February 12th, 2012 About DNA Testing McCord’s method would allow crime lab technicians to identify the sperm without separating it from the female DNA, potentially cutting the process … to create simulated rape kits that he can test. But it could be years before law enforcement …
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