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House rejects broad amendment to petitions for new trials; debate centers on liberty and court finality
Summary
Lawmakers debated and rejected a committee amendment that would have added extensive procedural "guardrails" to motions for new trials based on newly discovered evidence, with advocates for and against the amendment arguing over finality, court workload and wrongful-conviction safeguards.
The House on May 1 debated changes to the state's petition-for-new-trial process and rejected a lengthy committee amendment that would have placed specific procedural conditions and limitations on motions filed after the statutory time limit.
The underlying Senate bill would extend time limits for filing a motion for a new trial in certain cases; the committee's majority amendment (1654H) added detailed requirements modeled on the…
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