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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court docket on Wednesday upheld Texas dying row inmate Rodney Reed’s ( OTC: ) bid for DNA testing of crime scene proof that he claims will assist exonerate him from kidnapping, rape and homicide in in 1996. 19-year-old lady.
In a 6-3 determination, the justices overturned a decrease court docket’s ruling that Reed was late in submitting a civil rights lawsuit in opposition to Texas officers who denied his request for DNA testing. Reed’s lawsuit alleged that his constitutional proper to due course of had been violated.
