| Resolution Number: | 2009-B021 |
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| Title: | Advocate for Access to DNA Testing for the Accused |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 76th General Convention urge The Episcopal Church and all Episcopalians to call on their legislators and members of Congress to ensure that all those accused and convicted have broad access to DNA testing, not only to exonerate those who are innocent but also to identify the true perpetrators of crimes they have been accused or convicted of; and be it further
Resolved, That the Convention direct the Secretary of the General Convention to send copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to appropriate members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and to other appropriate officials and institutions.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 2009 (New York: General Convention, 2009), p. 356. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Concerns |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #30 on Resolution B021 (Call for Access to DNA Testing) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B021)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 76th General Convention urge The Episcopal Church and all Episcopalians to call on their legislators and members of Congress to ensure that all those accused and convicted have broad access to DNA testing, not only to exonerate those who are innocent but also to identify the true perpetrators of their crimes; and be it further
Resolved, That the Convention direct the Secretary of the General Convention to send copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to appropriate members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and to other appropriate officials and institutions.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 76th General
Convention urge The Episcopal Church and all Episcopalians to call on their
legislators and members of Congress to ensure that all those accused and
convicted have broad access to DNA testing, not only to exonerate those who are
innocent but also to identify the true perpetrators of theircrimes they have been accused or convicted of; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Convention direct the Secretary of the General Convention to send copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to appropriate members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and to other appropriate officials and institutions.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #170)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #36 on HD Message #170 on Resolution B021 (Call for Access to DNA Testing) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #263)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 17.
| Abstract: | The 76th General Convention urges that all those accused and convicted have broad access to DNA testing to exonerate the innocent and identify the true perpetrators of crimes. |
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