A bill was amended and advanced from select file March 12 that would allow incarcerated individuals to request that a court reconsider evidence used in their trials.<\/p>\n
Introduced by Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln, LB245 would allow a person in custody to request DNA testing of previously tested material if current technology could provide more accurate or probative results. Currently material can be retested only if a court determines that such forensic testing did not exist at the time of the trial.<\/p>\n
The bill was amended on general file to include provisions of LB244, also introduced by Pansing Brooks, to allow for the filing of motions for new trials whenever new non-DNA evidence is discovered.<\/p>\n
Omaha Sen. Burke Harr offered an amendment, adopted 27-0, that would allow courts to dismiss a motion for a new trial without a hearing based on the effectiveness of the evidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want open floodgates so far that we waste court time or have a bunch of motions for new trials,\u201d Harr said.<\/p>\n
Senators advanced the amended bill to final reading on a voice vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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