US PRISONERS do not have a constitutional right to a DNA test that might prove their innocence, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Many inmates are seeking to take a DNA test in a bid to overturn a conviction. However, in some states there are no specific rules to grant access to such tests. The court ruled in a 5:4 decision that rules on who should be allowed DNA tests after conviction should be made by individual states and the US Congress, not federal courts.
The New York-based Innocence Project, which fought the case on behalf of William Osborne, an…
