Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Watson, No. 13-30084 (9th Cir.) (792 F.3d 1173) (July 10, 2015) (Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld) by In 2004, Congress enacted the Innocence Protection Act (herein the “IPA”), which is codified in part at 18 U.S.C. § 3600, Essentially, the IPA allows Federal prisoners to move for court-ordered DNA …

U.S. v. Pitera, No. 10-1564-cr (2nd Cir.) (675 F.3d 122) (April 3, 2012) (Judge Roger J. Miner) by The district court's denial of a prisoner's motion to compel postconviction DNA testing of six items pursuant to the Innocence Protection Act is affirmed, where the prisoner failed to show that the …