MEMPHIS, Tenn. – If Sedley Alley was unfairly denied DNA testing from a 1985 crime scene and then executed, he’d be the only person in the state of Tennessee to suffer such a fate, argued Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project, in court Monday.
“Only he,” Scheck said. “He is in a class of one.”
Daily Archives: October 16, 2019
DNA testing could exonerate man 13 years after he was executed for rape, murder
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Private DNA database leads to arrest in decades-old Delaware rape
A DNA database used for genealogy purposes has helped Newark Police identify a suspect in a 26-year-old rape case. Police Lt. Andrew Rubin said it is the first such use of an ancestry-type website by the department.
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