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Article: Texas Legislature Approves DNA Testing as Recourse for Convicted Felons.
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- March 22, 2001
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By Bob Richter, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 22--AUSTIN, Texas--The House approved and returned to the Senate a bill Wednesday that formalizes procedures to allow DNA testing for felons who think they were wrongfully convicted.
Post-conviction DNA testing has resulted in the exoneration of six Texas prisoners and more than 70 nationwide in recent years, House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Chairman Juan Hinojosa said following a voice vote on the bill he co-sponsored.
"It means," the McAllen Democrat said, "that a prisoner must ask: 'I am requesting DNA testing because it can exonerate me.'" Senate Bill ...