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| Florida Bar asks high court to extend DNA tests deadline |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/18/2003 |
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The Florida Bar has filed an emergency motion asking the state Supreme Court to give hundreds of inmates another year to file applications for DNA testing. As it stands now, prisoners have until October 1st to seek tests on evidence that might clear them. Law students and volunteer attorneys have screened nearly 700 cases since 1999. But there's still a backlog of about 500 cases. No one on the backlog list has a death sentence. But since most state prisoners don't have lawyers, records and documents must be collected and reviewed in their cases. The current deadline for applying for DNA testing is included both in state law and a judicial rule approved by the Florida Supreme Court. Both the law and the rule took effect two years ago. The state Supreme Court has the power to adopt and change rules that dictate court procedure. |
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