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| Supreme Court to Hear DNA Case |
| By United Press International |
| Published: 01/09/2006 |
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal by a Tennessee death row inmate who wants a new trial because DNA testing has discredited evidence. Paul Gregory House was convicted and sentenced to death in 1986 for the murder of Caroline Muncey, a neighbor in the tiny hamlet of Luttrell. House, who had been paroled after serving a sentence for rape in Utah, had moved to Luttrell to be near his mother. House says that he is entitled to a new trial because prosecutors argued that substances found on Muncey's clothes were his body fluids, the Washington Post reported. DNA testing later found that Muncey's husband -- who was at one point a suspect in the case -- was the source. The court has never ruled that punishing an innocent person is unconstitutional, and appeals are based on whether a trial was fair. |
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