State prosecuting attorneys react to governor's request of new DNA tests

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association is “dismayed and surprised” by requests from Gov. Ted Strickland and Attorney General Richard Cordray to retest DNA evidence in seven criminal cases.

In a letter to Strickland and Cordray, the association’s executive director, John E. Murphy, wrote, “We are stunned that you would take on these cases, so critical to victims of crimes, based upon discussions with criminal defense attorneys rather than the prosecutors. The action you have taken unfortunately gives the impression that you have taken sides, and you have done so with only the convicted criminals’ side of the arguments.”

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