US Supreme Court Denies Inmate DNA Test

The United State Supreme Court has ruled that William Osborne, an Alaskan inmate, does not have the right to receive a more accurate DNA test in his 1993 case.  The test could help reverse his conviction in a rape and attempted murder case from 1993 when DNA testing was in its infancy.  The Court justifies their decision by stating that they should not constitutionalize the issue, but instead, leave it to the individual States.  However, Alaska has not granted any of their inmates post-conviction DNA requests even though such testing has freed several inmates nationwide who were wrongly convicted.

Dan Ryan featured in "St. Louis Magazine" article about Tort Reform.

Pick up the September, 2009 issue of "St. Louis Magazine." Journalist Ray Hartmann wrote an article entitled, " STL Confidential:  A Quiet Case Study that Might Make You Think Twice about Tort Reform."  In that article, Mr. Hartmann features a case handled here at Bollwerk & Ryan.  Mr. Hartmann talks to our very own Dan Ryan about that case.  Dan discusses how this very significant case would have been handled differently if ithe lawsuit had been filed after the tort reform laws were passed here in Missouri in 2005.  He also discusses how the result could have been drastically different as well.  The article is not available on-line at this time, so go pick up a copy at your newsstand.  It might just change your mind about the tort reform debate!