From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 10:00:24 MDT
On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 10:44 am, Brian D Williams wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 04:57 pm, Brian D Williams wrote:
>
>>> One of the stories on the news last night was how they've been
>>> offering free DNA testing to inmates for awhile now, and less
>>> than 10 people have requested it.
>>
>>> Less innocent than they claim.
>
>> Where is this? Do you have references for a specific state where
>> this is?
>
> A Google search turned up this New Jersy story:
>
> http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAFOPH1B3D.html
This link has expired, so I couldn't view it. Did it specifically say
that this was a free service and less than 10 people requested it? That
was the part that I found hard to believe.
> In Illinois we have a post conviction forensic testing statute,
> here such testing is law:
>
> http://macarthur.uchicago.edu/dna/
This is how it should be. Unfortunately, even the link you give points
out the difficulties in actually getting this done. Even with a law, it
is difficult. But I give kudos to Illinois! (I lived there for a few
years.) Here in Florida, the government is fighting inmates to prevent
them from getting DNA testing.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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