From www.ksdk.com
City Reopens Cases For DNA Testing
6/6/2003 9:31:24 AM kSDK) �
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office is reopening six criminal cases for post conviction DNA testing. The cases in question involve four murders and two rapes.
"I think it�s our job as prosecutors to see justice done and we're in a unique position to review each and every one of them to see if DNA testing tells us anything," explained Jennifer Joyce.
Joyce launched the "Justice Project" 18 months ago. Her staff has spent thousands of hours on hundreds of cases where the people were convicted before DNA evidence was approved to be used as evidence.
These latest cases include a high profile 1981 murder. The body of Mary Bell, 31, was found in her Soulard apartment in February of that year. George Allen of University City was sentenced to 95 years in prison for the crime.
Now his DNA will be tested at the city police lab. Joyce admits, "There's a lot of evidence that has been sitting for awhile, so DNA may have been degraded and we may not be able to get a sample. But we have an excellent police lab who are working to do that."
The DNA results on all six cases could be released in a couple of weeks.
*Why do I, Missy, have an interest in this? Read my entry titled, �That House in the Alley�.
This case, one of the cases, on the news is mine. I�m angry they chose to open this back up because no matter what they come up with, I still remember to this day the man who tried to kill me and my sister and cold-bloodedly murdered my mother. The physical evidence taken at the time was not meant to last 21 years. I told the Victim�s Advocacy Unit that I�d be glad to talk to the Circuit Attorney and the Media.
If you�d like to comment on this situation, please visit the following websites:
www.ksdk.com/News/news_article_lc.asp?storyid=41895 and leave a comment,
also cut and paste this into your browser to email the circuit attorney about my case, the Tate Case.
http://stlcin.missouri.org/index/contactelect.cfm?ID=9
Thank You in advance.
10:57 a.m. - 2003-06-06
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