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27 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 111 (2020-2021)
Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row: A Constitutional Argument under the Due Process Framework

handle is hein.journals/cardw27 and id is 119 raw text is: POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING IN DEATH ROW: A CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENT UNDER THE DUE PROCESS FRAMEWORK Chi-Hsin Esther Engehari TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO D U CTIO N ............................................................................... 112 II. B A CK G RO U N D .................................................................................117 A. The Constitutionality ofPost-Conviction DNI Testing.......... 117 1. Dist. Attorney's Office v. Osborne.................................... 117 2. Skinner v. Switzer.............................................................. 119 B. Procedural D ue Process ......................................................... 122 1. Substantive Due Process vs. Procedural Due Process ....... 122 2. Procedural Due Process: Civil vs. Criminal ...................... 123 C Constitutional Protection(s) in Capital Cases-Cruel and Unusual................................................................................... 125 1. Protection Against Arbitrariness........................................ 126 2. Protection Against Literal Cruel and Unusual Punishment127 3. Protection for Specific Groups of Defendants................... 128 III. CURRENT STATUTORY SCHEMES IN THE DEATH PENALTY RETAINING STATES......................................................................... 129 A. Death Penalty Sentencing Statutes.......................................... 130 1. Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances ...................... 130 2. State Supreme Court Review............................................. 132 B. Post-Conviction DNA Testing Statutes ................................... 133 1. Eligibility ...........................................................................133 2. Standard of Review............................................................ 134 IV . P R O PO SA L ....................................................................................... 136 A. The Eighth Amendment Struggles to Capture the (n)A'ccuracy Issue in Death Penalty............................................................. 136 B. (n)Accuracy in the Conviction Underlying a Death Sentence Fits Squarely Under Procedural Due Process Doctrine ........ 138 C Applying Mathews v. Eldridge to Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row Cases ................................................................ 140 111

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