Can DNA Testing in Death Row Case be “Frivolous”?
Hank Skinner could possibly be exonerated from a triple murder in Texas in 1993 if it could be agreed that untested evidence from the crime scene be tested for DNA. Skinner is currently on Death Row and has come very close to execution without all of the crime scene evidence being thoroughly analyzed. Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell told the judges in the case that further DNA testing would be “frivolous”. Some believe that the testing is being avoided because the prosecution is afraid of Skinner being excluded.
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Date of Article: May 4, 2012