Chapter 38, An Act Providing Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis
An Act Providing Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S1987
- S753 (2003-04, 2011-12)
- S941 (2005-06)
- S907 (2007-08)
- S1659 (2009-10)
- S2511 (2009-10)
- Actions for S1659
- List of 18 Statutes Affected
2. Committee Documents
- Early Bill Journal Entries
- S178
- S941
- S1659
- S753
- House Journal
- Senate Journal
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- Boston.com: Guilty plea due in wrongful conviction By John M. Guilfoil July 20, 2011
- Boston Bar Association: Media Advisory on public hearing for post conviction DNA testing June 6, 2011
- Boston Bar Association: “Getting It Right: Improving the Accuracy and Reliability of the Criminal Justice System in Massachusetts” -Boston Bar Association Task Force Report Dec. 2009
- The Boston Globe: Failing the DNA test By: Michael Blanding and Lindsay Markel Nov. 18, 2011
- Innocence Project: “Exonerated by DNA: Massachusetts Wrongful Convictions Overturned”
- Innocence Project: “Digging Deeper: What do DNA Exonerations Teach Us about the Criminal Justice System?” By: Lindsay Markel Nov. 20, 2011
- The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: “Non-DNA cases: What happens if there is no DNA to test?”
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008
- State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF JULY 17, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – AFTERNOON EDITION – JULY 18, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – AFTERNOON EDITION – WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS – LUNCH EDITION – WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – MORNING EDITION – THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- State House News Service: HOUSE TEEING UP FORENSIC ANALYSIS, INVASIVE SPECIES, ORGAN DONOR BILLS By; Kyle Cheney JAN. 30, 2012
- State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF FEB. 5, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE APPROVES DNA BILL AIMED AT OVERTURNING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS By: Colleen Quinn FEB. 8, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012
- State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF FEB. 12, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 2012
- Tauton Daily Gazette: Legislating a convict’s rights to DNA testing By: Marc Larocque Nov. 26, 2011
- WWLP: House approves DNA bill aimed at overturning wrongful convictions By: Colleen Quinn Feb. 8, 2012