Holder to reverse Bush policy on DNA waivers

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is reversing a controversial Bush administration policy under which numerous defendants have waived their right to DNA testing even though that right is guaranteed under federal law, Justice Department officials said Wednesday.

Holder will issue a memo on Thursday to the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys, which overturns the practice of seeking "DNA waivers,'' said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the policy shift had not been publicly announced.



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