- A Minnesota judge has denied a defense request to conduct DNA testing on a knife found at the scene of a 1992 murder in rural Big Lake. Kent Jones is serving a life sentence for the murder of Linda Jensen, who was found assaulted and stabbed in her home. The Innocence Project represented Jones and asked for the DNA testing. But the St. Cloud Times reports (http://on.sctimes.com/NFLTsl) that Anoka County District Court Judge Alan Pendleton denied that request Tuesday, citing concern about all of the people who handledthe knife since 1992
- An Indiana woman convicted of setting a 1995 fire that killed her 3-year-old son was released Wednesday for the first time after 16 years in prison. A Decatur County judge set bail for Kristine Bunch at $5,000 cash Wednesday while she awaits a new trial on murder and arson charges stemming from a mobile home fire that some experts now say appears to have been accidental.
- DNA results lead to new trial in Vermont in the case of John Grega
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Daniel P. & Judith L. Carmichael Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law; Director, Center for the Global Study of Wrongful Conviction; Director, Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project
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Cheah Wui Ling
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Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Innocence Project Japan
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