tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4148092243789548436..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Latest DNA exoneration based on flawed eyewitness ID from 1989Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17922227238760018652012-08-29T14:22:00.602-05:002012-08-29T14:22:00.602-05:00DNA evidence is a relatively new instrument of exo...DNA evidence is a relatively new instrument of exoneration. The first convicted defendant from a United States prison to be released on account of DNA testing was David Vasquez, in 1989. Recently, DNA evidence has been used to exonerate a number of persons either on death row or serving lengthy prison sentences. As of October 2003, the number of states authorizing convicts to request DNA testing on their behalf, since 1999, has increased from two to thirty. Access to DNA testing varies greatly by degree; post-conviction tests can be difficult to acquire. Organizations like the Innocence Project are particularly concerned with the exoneration of those who have been convicted based on weak evidence. As of October 2003, prosecutors of criminal cases must approve the defendant's request for DNA testing in certain cases. In other contexts, to exonerate can mean simply to free somebody from blame or guilt: to declare officially that somebody is not to blame or is not guilty of wrongdoing.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Karen | <a href="http://www.carlmontpharmacy.com/generic_cialis.php" rel="nofollow">Generic Cialis</a>Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51007690218709570182012-08-29T14:17:58.311-05:002012-08-29T14:17:58.311-05:00Thanks for share this post about DNA exoneration w...Thanks for share this post about DNA exoneration with us, I found this information very helpful...<br /><br />Regards,<br />Steven | <a href="https://www.rx247.net/online-pharmacy.html" rel="nofollow">Medications Online</a>Stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8896558887332364142012-08-26T07:25:03.070-05:002012-08-26T07:25:03.070-05:00When the cops and prosecutor can't do their jo...When the cops and prosecutor can't do their job, they pick an innocent victim.<br /><br />Lee said..."Were it me, I would still hold the victim, prosecutor and judge responsible." I'm a big fan of an eye for an eye! Watch your backs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78709314364215835542012-08-25T11:19:30.562-05:002012-08-25T11:19:30.562-05:00Did Grits miss this?
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/s...Did Grits miss this?<br />http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/in_focus&id=8785863Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59367301392257011652012-08-25T10:44:53.773-05:002012-08-25T10:44:53.773-05:00Were it me, I would still hold the victim, prosecu...Were it me, I would still hold the victim, prosecutor and judge responsible. It was a case that I was supposed to have nothing to do with but yet got hit in the crossfire. I was not their enemy until they made me the enemy. All of a sudden after ten years of inhumane incarceration they want to play nice....<br />It is in the best interests of the state not to place me in that predicament as i would be very angry. My interest would be in vengance.Leenoreply@blogger.com