DNA Can Prove Your Innocence — If They Let You Test It

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in Law360 on the procedural obstacles that keep prisoners with credible innocence claims — including Rodney Reed, whose decades-long fight to test a piece of evidence has drawn national attention — from accessing postconviction DNA testing. Medwed explained how advances in forensic science have made testing more accurate and available even in cases with minimal biological evidence, while barriers like the “materiality” standard and restrictions for those who pled guilty continue to limit access.