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Virginia Felons Notified of Possible Exculpatory DNA Evidence – Eventually
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2008
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2008, page 34
Filed under:
DNA Testing/Samples,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Virginia.
Virginia Felons Notified of Possible Exculpatory DNA Evidence – Eventually
by Gary Hunter
On January 9, 2008, Virginia’s state Forensic Science Board (FSB) voted 6 to 5 against notifying convicted defendants that DNA evidence had been discovered in their criminal cases. Instead, the FSB decided, it would be up to ...
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