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DNA tests used to reaffirm guilt

DNA can prove innocence, reconfirm guilt.

Funny how quickly the hype machine building around an executed Virginia man got quiet.

The anti-capital punishment crowd hoped a new round of DNA testing would exonerate Roger Keith Coleman and lead to a renewed ban on the death penalty. It hasnt turned out that way. Far from it.

The tests reconfirm that Coleman, who was put to death 14 years ago, was guilty of the 1981 rape and murder of his sister-in-law, Wanda McCoy. And that ended Colemans days as the apparent poster victim against capital punishment.

The lesson from the Coleman case, however, is that advanced technology may not just help determine innocence, but also reassert guilt. Virginia was right to order the extra tests, and authorities in other states shouldnt hesitate to do so when the circumstances warrant it.

DNA tests used to reaffirm guilt

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posted by Courtney at 6:53 p.m.

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