This Database Stores the DNA of 31,000 New Yorkers. Is It Illegal?
A database used by the New York Police Department violates state law and the Constitution, the Legal Aid Society contends in a lawsuit.
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A database used by the New York Police Department violates state law and the Constitution, the Legal Aid Society contends in a lawsuit.
The official declaration this week means that Isaiah Andrews, 84, can seek damages from the State of Ohio for spending more than half his life in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his wife.
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When evidence emerged that might have exonerated him, his case drew the support of prominent legal figures, but the Supreme Court twice declined to review it.
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