September 26, 2003

Florida Lawyers Battle to Beat DNA Deadline

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Time is running out for perhaps hundreds of Florida convicts to ask for DNA testing that might clear them. A two-year window opened by the state Legislature for inmates to seek post-conviction DNA analysis is set to close on Wednesday. The Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal clinic researching hundreds of old cases on inmates' behalf, has little hope of completing the task by the deadline. Posted by Webmaster at September 26, 2003 02:47 AM