Paper calls DNA testing flawed
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The state’s DNA testing program for inmates seeking to prove their innocence is deeply flawed, with police routinely discarding evidence after trials and court-ordered tests never being completed, a newspaper reported.
Judges also ignore requests for DNA testing, leaving inmates in legal limbo, and nearly a third of the denials examined by the Columbus Dispatch failed to cite a reason, as required by state law. Gov. Ted Strickland told the newspaper he was calling for an overhaul.
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