Procedimiento para solicitar pruebas de ADN en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si alguien cree que fue condenado injustamente, puede pedir que se hagan pruebas de ADN con pruebas físicas. Tiene que demostrar que esas pruebas son importantes para su caso y que están en buenas condiciones.

Es como cuando quieres verificar si un ingrediente en una receta es fresco. Si guardas bien los ingredientes, puedes probar si realmente están buenos y cambiar el resultado de tu platillo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue condenado por un delito, pero él siempre dijo que no lo cometió. Después de unos años, encuentra que hay una evidencia física, como una muestra de sangre, que podría probar su inocencia. Juan va al juez y pide hacer una prueba de ADN para ver si realmente es culpable o no.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 17-28-90. Hearing; factors to be proved; orders relating to DNA samples. (A) The application must be heard in, and before a judge of, the general sessions court or family court in which the conviction or adjudication took place. A record of the proceedings must be made and preserved. All rules and statutes applicable in criminal proceedings are available to the applicant and the solicitor or Attorney General, as applicable. (B) The court shall order DNA testing of the applicant's DNA and the physical evidence or biological material upon a finding that the applicant has established each of the following factors by a preponderance of the evidence: (1) the physical evidence or biological material to be tested is available and is potentially in a condition that would permit the requested DNA testing; (2) the physical evidence or biological material to be tested has been subject to a chain of custody sufficient to establish it has not been substituted, tampered with, replaced, or altered in any material aspect, or the testing itself may establish the integrity of the physical evidence or biological material; (3) the physical evidence or biological material sought to be tested is material to the issue of the applicant's identity as the perpetrator of, or accomplice to, the offense notwithstanding the fact that the applicant may have pled guilty or nolo contendere or made or is alleged to have made an incriminating statement or admission as to identity; (4) the DNA results of the physical evidence or biological material sought to be tested would be material to the issue of the applicant's identity as the perpetrator of, or accomplice to, the offense notwithstanding the fact that the applicant may have pled guilty or nolo contendere or made or is alleged to have made an