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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s fight for DNA testing nearly three years after allowing his bid to prove his innocence to move forward, a move that paves the way for his execution. Reed was convicted ...
A Lake County judge on Wednesday turned down a request by death row inmate James Duckett to order a further analysis of DNA test results in the case of an 11-year-old girl who was brutally murdered nearly 40 years ago. The tests — conducted last month by ...
Rodney Reed’s quest over the last decade to obtain DNA testing to try to prove his innocence has attracted wide attention. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court on Monday turned aside a long-running appeal from Rodney Reed, a ...
A Lake County judge on Wednesday turned down a request by death row inmate James Duckett to order a further analysis of DNA test results in the case of an 11-year-old girl who was brutally murdered nearly 40 years ago. The tests — conducted last month by ...