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Statement From Governor Bush Regarding Amos King [Jeb requires DNA tests prior to execution] For Immediate Release Monday, December 2, 2002 Contact: Elizabeth Hirst (850) 921-9552 TALLAHASSEE -- Governor Jeb Bush has temporarily stayed the execution of Amos King to allow for additional DNA testing of evidence in this case. King’s execution had been scheduled to take place at 6:00pm today. It is anticipated the additional DNA testing can be completed within the next thirty days. “Carrying out Florida’s death penalty law is one of the most serious responsibilities I have as Governor. Today a representative from the Innocence Project,...

In most states, children born during a marriage are the legal responsibility of the husband. And even for single men, once paternity is acknowledged or established through the courts, it is next to impossible to change. Prosecutors and many children's advocates contend that is the way it ought to be to keep from unduly traumatizing innocent children by snatching away their emotional and financial support. But now a push is underway to cancel mandated child support payments -- and arrearages -- for men who can prove through DNA testing that they are supporting children who are not their flesh and...

BOSTON (AP) - For years, inmate No. W40280 told reporters and supporters that time, not guilt, was his only obstacle to freedom. Years of lobbying earned Benjamin LaGuer an A-list of supporters, including former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, historian Elie Wiesel and MIT professor Noam Chomsky. But long-anticipated testing of the same DNA samples that LaGuer said would prove his innocence instead linked him more closely to the rape for which he is spending his life behind bars.The results shocked many supporters who'd been convinced of his innocence by his magnetic personality and unflagging persistence. One of the aspects...