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Wash. Court Allows Vacated Conviction DNA To Prove Rape

By Elizabeth Daley ( August 13, 2025, 8:21 PM EDT) -- A Washington state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a sentence of up to life in prison for a man convicted of rape, finding the state could use DNA taken from him in connection with a vacated drug conviction to match forensic evidence because state law permitted testing any sample in possession to solve crimes....

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