In December, an employee in the medical examiner’s office announced he’d discovered evidence from at least 35 homicide, suicide and accidental death cases that happened between 1986 and 2002.
Last week, a recently formed citizen committee released its plan on how to handle the years of unprocessed evidence.
Some evidence could exonerate people, so District Attorney General Neal Pinkston assembled a five-person committee of former prosecutors, professors and defense attorneys to ensure conviction integrity throughout the process.
Here are a few of the highlights from the protocol:
First, every autopsy envelope between 1986 and 2002 needs to be examined to determine what evidence actually exists.