Constitutional Right to DNA Testing

From the Innocence Project:

Innocence Project client William Osborne was convicted in Alaska in 1993 for a crime that DNA testing could prove he didn't commit. Alaska has arbitrarily refused Osborne’s requests for DNA testing for years – even though the testing would be performed at no cost to the state, and the state now concedes that DNA testing could prove his innocence. On March 2, the Innocence Project argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that Osborne has a constitutional right to DNA testing that can prove his innocence. Below is the argument transcript, followed by briefs filed in the case by the Innocence Project and the State of Alaska, along with friend-of-the-court briefs and media coverage of the case.

Download the oral argument transcript from March 2, 2009. (PDF)