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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Governor signs felony DNA testing expansion law, as interested ex-inmates watch. |
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By Bill Cohen - April 5, 2010 |
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Everyone arrested on felony charges in Ohio will soon be required to give police a DNA sample from their mouth. It's a major expansion of the state's DNA testing program that legislators approved and Gov. Ted Strickland today signed into law. Supporters say it will help courts convict guilty criminals and, at the same time, free the innocent. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports that both of those aspects were personified at the signing ceremony. |
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Bill Cohen reports (3:39) 
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