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The French Election and the Conviction of Innocents

With 200 criminal convicts exonerated by DNA testing, a look at new efforts to guarantee justice for all.  Also, France's new president, and destruction in Kansas.

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By Warren Olney • May 7, 2007 • 1h 0m Listen

Two hundred criminal convicts have now been exonerated by DNA testing, some after long prison terms and even sentences to death. In 75% of those cases the major flaw was eyewitness identification. We'll hear what 20 states and some 500 local jurisdictions are doing in a new effort to guarantee justice for all. Plus, widespread destruction in Kansas, and the challenges facing France's President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy.

Photo: Christopher Furlong, Getty Images

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    Warren Olney

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