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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| Lawmaker and AG call for renewal of law allowing DNA tests at inmates' request. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 31, 2006 |
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An Ohio law that allowed some prison inmates to request DNA tests to try to prove their innocence expired last year, but now Ohio’s attorney general and a state senator are calling for it to be renewed permanently. Sen. David Goodman (R-Bexley) says the tests have worked well, confirming most inmates’ guilt, but occasionally proving they did not commit the crime. Goodman talks about the renewal bill with statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.
More than 300 Ohio prisoners requested DNA tests the past three years. In two high-profile cases, the inmates were proven innocent. |
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Bill Cohen reports (1:50) 
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