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Judge orders more DNA testing in death penalty case

Judge orders more DNA testing in death penalty caseFlorida Supreme Court stayed David Johnston's execution in May.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-david-johnston-dna-testing062309,0,3404529.story?track=rssSarah Lundy Sentinel Staff Writer5:38 PM EDT, June 23, 2009 An Orange Circuit Court judge is allowing a lab selected by the defense and another picked by the state to test evidence for DNA in the death penalty case against David Eugene Johnston, whose execution was stayed last month by the Florida Supreme Court.Johnston was convicted of the murder of 84-year-old Mary Hammond, who was strangled and stabbed in her Orlando home in 1983. He was scheduled to die on May 27.The Florida Supreme Court stayed the execution so DNA testing could be done...continue to full post

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