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Innocence advocates urge judges to allow post‑conviction DNA testing without incarceration barrier
Summary
Witnesses supported HB 6983 to remove an incarceration requirement for post‑conviction DNA testing and to create an appeal right after denial. Testimony recounted exoneree cases and said current limits leave many wrongfully convicted people without recourse, especially those who pled guilty.
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony March 7 on HB 6983, a bill that would remove an incarceration requirement from the state post‑conviction DNA‑testing statute and add an explicit right to appeal a denial of testing.
Amanda Walwin of the Innocence Project described cases in which evidence discovery after release uncovered exculpatory DNA results, including an example…
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