Criminal
Jun. 19, 2009
Inmates Don't Have Right to Review DNA, Justices Rule
A sharply split U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prison inmates have no constitutional right to review DNA evidence, marking yet another reversal this term for the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - A sharply split U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prison inmates have no constitutional right to review DNA evidence. The decision marks yet another reversal this term for the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held in an April 2008 opinion that felons have a limited due process right under the 14th Amendment to review such evidence. District Attorney's Of...
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - A sharply split U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prison inmates have no constitutional right to review DNA evidence. The decision marks yet another reversal this term for the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held in an April 2008 opinion that felons have a limited due process right under the 14th Amendment to review such evidence. District Attorney's Of...
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