ARTICLE: "Can Ohio handle the truth about the Tyrone Noling case?" by Andrew Cohen, published in the Atlantic, on January 14, 2013. (Andrew Cohen is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and legal analyst for 60 Minutes. He is also chief analyst and legal editor for CBS Radio News and has won a Murrow Award as one of the nation's leading legal analysts and commentators.)
GIST: "The fourth truth is unfolding now. Last Tuesday, for about half an hour, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the Noling case. His lawyers are asking the justices to recognize a broad application of a new state law designed to encourage DNA testing in cases like these. Prosecutors, claiming the butt is irrelevant, are asking the justices to preclude any further testing on the cigarette. Here is the video of the January 8th argument. If you have the time, it’s well worth watching as a prime example of how infrequently appellate judges and lawyers talk about justice in our criminal justice system.........While we want to get to the truth as much as anyone else this isn't one of those cases where DNA has some relevance," Vigluicci told the justices. And the DNA has no relevance, Vigluicci asserts, because Chesley's story is unbelievable. And Chesley's story is unbelievable, Ohio argues, even though no judge has ever heard it. "Hearsay upon speculation upon hearsay," is how Vigluicci described the defense case last week. But that's precisely what Ohio itself is doing. If Vigluicci wanted to "get to the truth" he would have begged the justices last Tuesday to schedule that DNA test and to subpoena Chesley for a hearing."
The entire article can be found at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/can-ohio-handle-the-truth-about-the-tyrone-noling-case/267113/
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