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The Supreme Court ruled that post-conviction DNA testing is not a constitutional right for convicted criminals. Joining The Takeaway is attorney Nina Morrison of the Innocence Project, who has been working on the appeals case that prompted this ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that post-conviction DNA testing is not a Constitutional right for convicted criminals. So far, post-conviction DNA testing has exonerated at least 232 people nationwide. The ruling came on an appeals case by William Osborne, who was convicted for the 1993 rape, kidnapping and assault of a prostitute in Alaska. The Innocence Project, a group of attorneys who help prisoners obtain DNA testing, has been defending him for seven years. Nina Morrison is a staff attorney at the Innocence Project has been working on his case and joins us today.