Reason Writers Around Town: Radley Balko on Obama and DNA Testing at The Daily Beast

Radley Balko | March 12, 2009

The president who championed defendants' right to DNA evidence as a senator in Illinois last week let his Justice Department oppose a federal right to the same testing at the Supreme Court. Over at The Daily Beast, Reason Senior Editor Radley Balko offers the most likely, if unsatisfactory, explanation.