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Tue, Feb 25

Wyoming Senate defeats ‘Katie’s Law,’ DNA test bill

The Wyoming Senate shot down a bill that would have required DNA testing of people charged with a felony. Bill sponsor Cheyenne Republican Sen. Leslie Nutting originally had proposed DNA testing for people upon their arrest on a felony charge. The bill was amended in committee to specify that the testing would be allowed only once the person was charged in court. Read more.