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Originally Posted by hepkatmama  how is this going to effect nonprofit groups like the local "Innocence Project" that has freed several lifers who were unfairly convicted decades ago prior to DNA testing?
the nonprofit pays for the test & they didn't have the option to have it done during their trial since the testing didn't exist.
i have been considering helping them with fundraising so i am curious |
Can't see how the denial of public funds for testing would effect a private initiative in any way.
And, please do help them raise funds. These projects have helped spring some convicted on DNA evidence that wasn't there own* but the overwhelming majority of of tests solidified the guilt of the convicted party.
*the DNA testing doesn't prove innocence... what it does is determine whether the DNA was the convict's or not. Just because he didn't leave any DNA behind doesn't mean he wasn't there and didn't participate in the crime. However, it does, in some cases, raise the degree of doubt to a level warranting vacating the guilty verdict.