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Criminal

Apr. 11, 2002

Judge Rules Man Isn't Entitled to DNA Test

LOS ANGELES - A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a woman is not entitled to a DNA test because it wouldn't prove his innocence, a Los Angeles judge ruled.

        LOS ANGELES - A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a woman is not entitled to a DNA test because it wouldn't prove his innocence, a Los Angeles judge ruled.
        "With all due respect, so what?" Superior Court Judge Alexander Williams III said to Henry Hall's lawyers at a hearing Monday. "I don't mean to be rude, but what do...

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