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| Wanted: Lawyers to help locate felons |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 06/18/2008 |
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VIRGINIA - Virginia's Forensic Science Board is searching for lawyers to volunteer to help locate about 900 felons, some of whom may have been wrongly convicted between 1973 and 1988. It's part of a review of old cases former Gov. Mark R. Warner ordered in 2006 after a sample test of 31 cleared two convicted rapists who'd already served their sentences. Since then, officials have examined the case files of nearly 500,000 murders, rapes and other serious crimes. They found 941 with biological evidence that could now be tested for DNA. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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