OC prosecutors, defense attorney at odds over who should do DNA tests in Kenneth Clair case
An attorney for the man convicted in the 1984 killing of a Santa Ana nanny wants a private lab to conduct the tests, while prosecutors object.
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An attorney for the man convicted in the 1984 killing of a Santa Ana nanny wants a private lab to conduct the tests, while prosecutors object.
Kenneth Clair has long maintained his innocence in the death of Santa Ana nanny Linda Faye Rodgers, becoming a national cause celebre.
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The judge ruled in their favor. the privacy act trumps my constitutional rights. >> now running out of options, c.j. turned to the court of public opinion, creating an online petition to demand the release of the dna results. >> the petition is just asking the d.a.'s office to either release the results of the dna evidence to the defense or to exonerate kenneth clair. that's why we have 161,000 people, because it's a logical question. i had plans on talking -- writing letters to obama and jerry brown because they're the next avenues. >> over the years i have been trying to create some type of ...
In march of 2015, the ninth circuit court of appeals issued its judgment on kenneth clair's request for a new trial and re-sentencing. and while the court upheld clair's conviction, they did strike down his death sentence. >> we had a reversal of the death penalty by federal court. and so it came back now for sentencing. it's still pending resentencing. there's going to be some litigation in court about whether or not he should be sentenced to life without parole at this point. >> the appellate court overturned the sentence saying it did not believe that clair's lawyer julian bailey, did an ad...