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ONE LAST CHANCE Thursday, November 20, 2008
DNA testing has brought television drama to life in Santa Cruz, CA. 36 years ago Peter Mitchell placed a call to the police station two blocks from his home to say he was being murdered. When police arrived Mitchell described his assailant and told them his name just before dying from a stab wound to the heart. An intense investigation began, and while information led police to believe the murderer was a hitchhiker Mitchell picked up, the case went cold with no arrest. George Turegano, the detective who investigated the crime originally, is now 62 and retired but he's back on the case working as a community service officer. He has reopened the case and submitted cigarette butts and other trace evidence in hopes of learning Mitchell's killer.
[Santa Cruz Sentinel]
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THE SEARCH IS OVER Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Peggy Fossett's search for answers to her husband's disappearance in September 2007 ended with a harsh reality. DNA testing confirmed that two bones found near a crash site in California's Sierra Nevada belong to Steve Fossett. They were found along with his wallet and a pair of his tennis shoes.
The recreational aviator had taken off from a friend's Nevada ranch. When he didn't return, a 20,000 square foot search was launched that led nowhere. It wasn't until a hiker went off course in October 2008 that the plane crash, bones and other evidence were discovered.
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SUPREME DECISIONS Thursday, November 6, 2008
DNA testing has helped prove the innocence of numerous convicted felons. In many of these cases, the technology and testing wasn't available when they went to trial. Although an overwhelming majority of states in the union grant convicted felons access to DNA testing on evidence years after a crime was committed, there are still six that do not. The Supreme Court will now decide if it is a constitutional right every state must grant.
The case resulted when an Alaskan man, William Osborne, sued the state for the right to have evidence tested that could overturn his kidnapping, rape and assault convictions. The U.S Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit referred it to the highest law of the land since the lower appeals courts are divided on the constitutionality of requesting evidence testing post-conviction.
[LA Times]
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