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High Court: Convicts Have No Right To Test DNA

by Nina Totenberg, NPR
June 18, 2009

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the U.S. Constitution does not give convicts the right to test DNA evidence from their cases. The court's 5-4 majority said such decisions are best left to the states.

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