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Criminal

Jul. 12, 2001

Lockyer Task Force Offers Way to Bypass DNA Testing

SACRAMENTO - In an apparent effort to circumvent a landmark DNA law enacted last year, an attorney general's task force has drafted guidelines telling prosecutors how they can get defendants to waive their rights to post-conviction testing to prove their innocence.

By Hudson Sangree
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - In an apparent effort to circumvent a landmark DNA law enacted last year, an attorney general's task force has drafted guidelines telling prosecutors how they can get defendants to waive their rights to post-conviction testing to prove their innocence.
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