DNA

A bill spelling out how Wyoming could compensate people who served time in prison before being exonerated by DNA evidence has died in the Legislature.

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New legislation says that individuals exonerated based on DNA evidence have to return to court to prove their innocence in return for compensation.

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The Wyoming Senate has shot down a bill that would have required DNA testing of people charged with a felony.

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A Wyoming legislative committee has scaled back a proposal to require people accused of charges of serious crimes to provide DNA samples.

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Laramie County DA dismisses all charges in 24 year old rape case.

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A Wyoming legislative committee has endorsed two bills that could help state convicts who say they're innocent of the crimes that sent them to prison.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court says police can legally take DNA without a warrant from those arrested in hopes of using it to solve old cases.

The justices, on a 5-4 vote, say taking DNA samples from people who have been arrested for various crimes, long before their guilt or innocence has been proven, does not violate the Constitution

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The district court clerk in Cheyenne has unsealed legal filings from a Wyoming inmate who maintains new DNA testing proves he's innocent of a rape charge for which he has served 23 years in prison.

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The district court clerk in Cheyenne had sealed legal filings from a Wyoming inmate who says new DNA testing proves he's innocent of a rape charge for which he's served 23 years in prison.

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