Science news articles about 'dna exonerations'

... , but according to The Innocence Project, there have been 266 post-conviction DNA exonerations since 1989 -- 25 percent ... ) consequences. "The thing about these exoneration cases is that they all pertained to heinous crimes; that's why there was DNA evidence available ...

Hank Skinner, a Texas inmate, has again been denied the opportunity for new DNA testing. He is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday.

... years in prison, the falsely convicted man is exonerated by DNA evidence. How could this happen? "False confessions ... was taken, too." The article is entitled, "Confessions that Corrupt: Evidence from the DNA Exoneration Case Files ...