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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Protesting Innocence

This part grabbed me:

In June, by a 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court ruled that a prisoner did not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing of evidence in police files, even at his own expense. "A criminal defendant proved guilty after a fair trial does not have the same liberty interests as a free man," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts.

Full article here: http://www.slate.com/id/2227222/