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DNA Forensics Roundup

Several recent DNA-related items deserved Grits readers attention.Do DNA exonerations merit death penalty moratorium?Twenty men exonerated by DNA evidence all gathered in Austin on Friday to call for a moratorium on Texas' death penalty in light of the state's recent slew of long-time inmates proven innocent by applying modern forensics to old evidence, including most recently the exoneration by DNA of Michael Blair who'd been sitting on Texas' death row. Reported the Austin Statesman:The exonerated men, members of Witness to Innocence, a Philadelphia-based organization that is holding its annual meeting in Austin, want Texas to create a commission to search for wrongful convictions. And while the commission works, they want a moratorium on executions in the busiest death penalty state ? with 419 executions since 1982 and six more scheduled this month...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).