July 19, 2004, Monday Georgia Case Tests Reach Of Appeals Based on DNA By SHAILA K. DEWAN (NYT) 1008 words Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 11 , Column 5 ABSTRACT - Georgia Supreme Court and state parole board have denied request for DNA testing from Eddie Crawford, who is about to be executed for 1983 kidnap and murder of his 2-year-old niece Leslie English; Barry Scheck argued before board, offering to have Innocence Project pay for tests; Crawford's lawyers have appealed to US Supreme Court, hoping that court will establish that defendants have constitutional right to DNA testing of existing evidence; more than 35 states have enacted laws allowing post-conviction testing, but standards of eligibility vary, and Georgia's law calls for showing that testing would have affected outcome of case; Crawford, who confessed shortly after murder, is alcoholic who suffered from blackouts and claims not to remember night in question; photo (M)

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Case in point...Barry Scheck probably would have us believe this animal deserves Justice.