The response of prosecutors in Florida is typical. After more than 130 prisoners had been freed by DNA testing in the space of fifteen years, prosecutors decided they would respond by mounting a vigorous challenge to similar new cases. Convicted rapist Wilton Dedge had to sue the state to have the evidence in his case retested, over the fierce objections of prosecutors who said that the state’s interest in finality and the victim’s feelings should supersede concerns about Dedge’s possible innocence.42 Dedge was ultimately exonerated and released.
