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Paul House's DNA Not on Jeans

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

"Testing has again failed to find DNA from a former Tennessee death row inmate on evidence that will be used to retry him for a woman's murder."Read the rest of this article by CLICKING HERE."But the tests also found DNA from one of the stains is a combination of Muncey's and an unknown male, according to a lab analysis by Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings in North Carolina dated March 24."I remain perplexed as to how these jeans, which are obviously tainted, could possibly be used to convict House. The fact that they were initially sent in the same package as the blood vials from Carolyn Muncey's autopsy lends itself to the possibility that this other blood was introduced onto the jeans at a later time as well. Bottom line, there is no physical evidence linking Paul House to the murder of Carolyn Muncey.continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).