March 2, 2009
If a convict
can establish irrefutable proof of his innocence with a simple DNA
test, does he have a constitutional right to that test, even if he
has exhausted his legal appeals? As Senior Editor Radley Balko
writes, the answer to that question may depend on how the Supreme
Court rules in the case of District Attorney's Office v.
Osborne, which it heard today.
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