Governor supports DNA access bill
A new DNA access bill supported by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is aiming to fight wrongful convictions at the highest level. Concerns about funding and the overall use of DNA testing still exist as the bill tries to gain full support. The legislation following a five-day investigation from the Columbus Dispatch that exposed flaws in Ohio’s prisoner DNA-testing program and identified 30 cases that were prime candidates for testing. With the help of Cincinnati-area lab DNA Diagnostics Center and the Ohio Innocence Project, they built files on the more than 300 prisoners who applied for testing, most of which previously had been denied. Read full article here.
A new DNA access bill supported by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is aiming to fight wrongful convictions at the highest level. Concerns about funding and the overall use of DNA testing still exist as the bill tries to gain full support.
The legislation following a five-day investigation from the Columbus Dispatch that exposed flaws in Ohio’s prisoner DNA-testing program and identified 30 cases that were prime candidates for testing. With the help of Cincinnati-area lab DNA Diagnostics Center and the Ohio Innocence Project, they built files on the more than 300 prisoners who applied for testing, most of which previously had been denied.
Read full article here.
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