Carl Isben writes: Not much here to argue with or dispute. However, most of the issues they bring forward could be easily dealt with by having the judge in charge of the case, order such retention and the amount of time for the retention. I think we, in Missoula, do a good job of such retention without having to be told to. That is how the Verna Kvale homicide was solve, after approximately 30 years. The evidence was retained until such time as testing was able to be done on the blood, etc. It seems like this law is directed so that somewhere down the line the DNA will or could exonerate a convicted person.
Carl Isben writes: Not much here to argue with or dispute. However, most of the issues they bring forward could be easily dealt with by having the judge in charge of the case, order such retention and the amount of time for the retention. I think we, in Missoula, do a good job of such retention without having to be told to. That is how the Verna Kvale homicide was solve, after approximately 30 years. The evidence was retained until such time as testing was able to be done on the blood, etc. It seems like this law is directed so that somewhere down the line the DNA will or could exonerate a convicted person.
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