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Post-Conviction DNA Testing

Award Information

Awardee
Washington Department of Commerce
Award #
2008-DN-BX-K127
Funding Category
Competitive
Location

Olympia, WA

Congressional District
10
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2008
Total funding (to date)
$250,306
Original Solicitation
NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2008, $250,306)

The Washington State Patrol has partnered with the Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW) for this program. There are an estimated 200 case files at IPNW that have yet to be reviewed and an additional 145 inmate requests above and beyond those. The proposal estimates that approximately 24 cases will reach the analysis phase.

The three (3) phases to the proposed plan are:
1. Paralegals with the IPNW will perform the case review.
2. A Forensic Scientist 3 will be hired to perform analysis on the cases which will be reviewed by the technical leader of the WSP lab.
3. Contractual funds have been set aside for any YSTR or mitochondrial DNA analysis that may need done.

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Date Created: August 25, 2008