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Committee OKs date fix to expand post-conviction DNA testing access for some earlier cases
Summary
Lawmakers advanced Senate File 101 to change a statutory cutoff date so people convicted shortly before the law passed can seek post-conviction DNA testing; an attorney representing an incarcerated man urged the change as a fairness fix.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance an amendment to Senate File 101 that would adjust a statutory date and expand access to post-conviction DNA testing for people convicted before the original cutoff.
Senator Bill Landon, sponsor of Senate File 101, said the change fixes an anomaly created when Wyoming adopted post-conviction DNA-testing rules after federal legislation tightened standards. "What we do on page 2 is we simply move that date to 02/2008 to correspond with the date that Wyoming passed the law," Landon said, describing the change as…
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