Author Question: In District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne (2009), SCOTUS involved ... (Read 107 times)

FButt · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

In District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne (2009), SCOTUS involved prisoner Osborne's post-conviction request to compel officials to release biological evidence so it could be submitted to DNA testing. What was the finding of the Court?

a. Osborne has a right, under the U.S. Constitution, of access to forensic evidence.
b. Osborne's rights under Alaska law were violated.
c. there is no right under the U.S. Constitution of access to forensic evidence.
d. DNA testing is too expensive to make it a constitutional right.

Question 2

All methods and procedures adopted by Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts are firmly grounded in:

a. dispute resolution mechanisms. c. retributive justice.
b. statutory law. d. medical guidelines.