A New Tool for Determining Factual Innocence: Massachusetts' Post-Conviction Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis

56 Boston Bar Journal (No. 3, Summer 2012)

8 Pages Posted: 9 Apr 2015

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David M. Siegel

New England Law | Boston

Gregory Massing

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Date Written: May 16, 2012

Abstract

This brief article is the first of a two part series analyzing Massachusetts General Law Chapter 278A, which provides a mechanism for persons who claim they are factually innocent of crimes for which they were convicted to obtain testing and analysis to show this. This part outlines the background and legislative history of the bill that became Chapter 278A, and examines the procedure the Act establishes.

Keywords: Innocence, Post-Conviction, Criminal, Forensic and Scientific, DNA

Suggested Citation

Siegel, David M. and Massing, Gregory, A New Tool for Determining Factual Innocence: Massachusetts' Post-Conviction Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis (May 16, 2012). 56 Boston Bar Journal (No. 3, Summer 2012), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2591656

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