U.S. lawyer says DNA test a must to counter false charges

U.S. lawyer says DNA test a must to counter false charges

NEW YORK, United States - Bryce Benjet, a staff attorney for the New York-based nonprofit legal clinic Innocence Project, says in an interview at the clinic's office in April 2014 that DNA testing is a must to exonerate wrongfully convicted people. Pictures of exonerated former convicts are put up on the wall.

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