If you are charged with a felony in Georgia, you may be required to give a DNA sample if new legislation is passed. As of now, DNA can only be collected from people convicted of a felony or through a search warrant. The goal of the bill is to expand Georgia’s DNA database.
The bill, introduced [...]
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I recently came across an interesting article in the Baltimore Sun that addressed the issue of eyewitness testimony. According to a lawyer who works for the Innocence Project – a group of lawyers who work to reopen cases to introduce DNA evidence – seventy percent of successful exonerations involved convictions based on eyewitness testimony. [...]
Filed under DNA evidence, Trial issues by on May 2nd, 2007. Comment.
