What would be wrong with giving everyone on death row access to the DNA from their case with the condition that if they DNA shows they did it, the appeals end and it’s straight to the electric chair or whatever the state uses?
What would be wrong with giving everyone on death row access to the DNA from their case with the condition that if they DNA shows they did it, the appeals end and it’s straight to the electric chair or whatever the state uses?
The accused should have access to the DNA that is found on site. There have been enough stories of people being convicted, who would have been exonerated had the prosecution not hidden the DNA evidence.
Nope. The four liberals - sotomayor, kagan, ginsburg and breyer, plus scalia and roberts.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-9000.pdf
FWIW, the Innocence Project confirms the guilt of roughly half the cases they take on.
I think it would be incredibly wrong to put anyone to death without using DNA as a way to prove one’s innocence, espically after a conviction that took place before DNA evidence was used.
It may surprise a lot of people to learn that when it comes to protecting the actual constitutional rights of an accused criminal, Scalia is very strong in that area. As much as I like Thomas, it is his greatest weakness.
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This should have been a 9-0 decision. I can’t believe that someone would vote to not allow someone to prove that they could be innocent before pulling the plug. How cold. I don’t know the three but it is probably the females on the court for some reason. The ones who voted against this are essentially killing innocents or it is very possible. God will not be happy with the three.