Incarcerated individuals can request that a court reconsider evidence used in their trials under a bill passed April 23. <\/p>\n
Introduced by Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln, LB245 allows a person in custody to request DNA testing of previously tested material if current technology could provide more accurate or probative results.<\/p>\n
Previously, material could be retested only if a court determined that such forensic testing did not exist at the time of the trial.<\/p>\n
The bill permits the filing of motions for new trials whenever new non-DNA evidence is discovered and allows courts to dismiss a motion for a new trial without a hearing based on the effectiveness of the evidence. The measure also allows courts to prohibit the filing of a motion for a new trial more than five years after a verdict unless the new evidence is determined to be substantial enough to have possibly caused a different verdict. <\/p>\n
Senators passed the bill on a 42-4 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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