Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules DNA Testing Orders Persist After A Defendant Dies

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that post-conviction DNA testing requests remain valid after a defendant's death.This decision enables the long-awaited testing of evidence from the 1988 conviction of Shawn Tanner, who died in 2022 while maintaining his innocence.Investigators hope the testing will clarify the case and potentially link the murder of Mary Harris to unsolved serial killer investigations.
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