Lawyers reopen criminal case files across Texas

AUSTIN (KXAN) — DNA evidence can be the key for prosecutors as they try to convince a jury of a suspect’s guilt. Now, lawyers are reopening what could be thousands of case files to see if DNA results will need reevaluation.
Legal experts tell KXAN a change in scientific standards is prompting the unprecedented statewide analysis. However, the issue is not with the actual testing of what are called DNA mixtures, but rather, with the probabilities scientists generate and prosecuto