Paper calls DNA testing flawed
From Times Wire Reports
The state’s DNA testing program for inmates seeking to prove their innocence is deeply flawed, with police routinely discarding evidence after trials and court-ordered tests never being completed, a newspaper reported.
Judges also ignore requests for DNA testing, leaving inmates in legal limbo, and nearly a third of the denials examined by the Columbus Dispatch failed to cite a reason, as required by state law. Gov. Ted Strickland told the newspaper he was calling for an overhaul.
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