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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 19 > Prisoners don’t have a right to DNA testing, justices decide

Prisoners don’t have a right to DNA testing, justices decide

By Adam Liptak / The Bulletin
June 19, 2009

WASHINGTON — Prisoners have no constitutional right to DNA testing that might prove their innocence, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a 5-4 decision.

“To suddenly constitutionalize this area,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority, “would....

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