A controversial Supreme Court ruling earlier this month leaves it to states to decide whether to provide convicted individuals access to DNA evidence when attempting to prove their innocence. Massachusetts is one of only three states with no law giving the convicted such automatic access — which leaves the decision in the hands of the district attorney's office.
In Powell's case, the Suffolk County DA agreed to turn over the evidence, but in other Massachusetts instances, that has not been the case.
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