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| Law allowing DNA testing of evidence for prisoners close to passing |
| By fox23.com - Ian Silver |
| Published: 03/28/2013 |
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In a country where freedoms are treasured, having ones freedom stolen, ironically, by our system of justice would be a crime. But it's a crime that happens more than most Americans would like to admit. Now Oklahoma lawmakers are working to pass a law that would allow prisoners convicted of violent crimes or sentenced to 25 years in the Department of Corrections to ask the state to do DNA testing on evidence from their case to prove their innocence. One Tulsan can measure the importance of such a law down to the day. "Thirteen years, 11 months and 26 days," Arvin McGee said. That's how long McGee spent in Oklahoma prisons after being convicted of rape, even though he didn't do it. "When they finally gave me the date and time, I said that's impossible for me to do," McGee said. "He said 'why is that?' I said 'because I just got out of the hospital with a hernia. So, it was hard for me to throw somebody over my left or right shoulder when I had stitches in my side.'" But the victim picked McGee out of a lineup, and after three trials he ended up behind bars. After years of research, he contacted the Innocence Project based in New York City. The group helped get McGee's DNA tested, which proved he was an innocent man. Read More. |
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