The Constitutional Right to DNA Testing: Resources in the Osborne Case

From the Blog of the Innocence Project :

Press Release: Innocence Project Says Constitution Allows Post-Conviction DNA Tests

Innocence Project Brief in U.S. Supreme Court

Innocence Blog: Osborne Case Draws Near (02/27/09)

Innocence Blog: Osborne and the Blogosphere (02/24/09)

Innocence Blog: Alaska Case to Appear Before Supreme Court in Two Weeks (02/17/09)

Innocence Blog: Prosecutors, Crime Victims and Exonerees File in Innocence Project Supreme Court Case (02/05/09)

Innocence Blog: The Constitutional Right to DNA Testing (01/27/09)

The Constitutional Right to DNA Testing: Resources in the Osborne Case

Innocence Project client William Osborne was convicted in Alaska in 1993 for a crime that DNA testing could prove he didn't commit. Alaska has arbitrarily refused Osborne’s requests for DNA testing for years – even though the testing would be performed at no cost to the state, and the state now concedes that DNA testing could prove his innocence. On March 2 the Innocence Project will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court that Osborne has a constitutional right to DNA testing that can prove his innocence. Below are briefs filed in the case by the Innocence Project and the State of Alaska, along with friend-of-the-court briefs and media coverage of the case.
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Legal Documents, District Attorney's Office of the Third Judicial District v. William G. Osborne
Innocence Project Brief And Friend-of-the-Court Briefs on Behalf of Osborne

Innocence Project Merits Brief in U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)

Amicus Brief from current and former prosecutors Amicus Brief from crime victims and victims' families

Amicus Brief from people exonerated with post-conviction DNA testingAmicus Brief from civil liberties and legal rights organizationsAmicus Brief from people who received clemency through post-conviction DNA testing

State of Alaska Brief and Friend-of-the-Court Briefs on Behalf of Alaska

State of Alaska Merits Brief in U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)
Amicus Brief from the United States of America (PDF)
Amicus Brief from the City of New York (PDF)
Amicus Brief from 31 U.S. states (PDF)
Amicus Brief from the city, state and county associations (PDF)
Amicus Brief from crime victims (PDF)

Opinion from U.S. Circuit Courtof Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Case No. No. 06-35875 - Filed 4/2/2008

Innocence Project Resources:

Press Releases:
2/5/2009 - Prosecutors, Crime Victims, People Exonerated with DNA Testing and Others Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Recognize Constitutional Right to Post-Conviction DNA Testing

1/27/2009 - Innocence Project, Representing Alaska Man in U.S. Supreme Court Case, Says Constitution Allows Post-Conviction DNA Tests

Blog Posts:
2/5/09: Prosecutors, Crime Victims and Exonerees File in Innocence Project Supreme Court Case
1/27/09: The Constitutional Right to DNA Testing

Media Contact:
For Media Inquiries or further documents from the case, please contact Eric Ferrero at 212-364-5346 or eferrero@innocenceproject.org