Steve Barnes spent nearly 20 years in prison for rape and murder, before DNA evidence finally cleared him.
So why does he think a new bill to expand New York's DNA databank doesn't do enough to help people like him?
The bill would require people convicted of all state felonies, and all penal law misdemeanors to hand over their DNA to the state databank. Advocates of the bill say more DNA will help the police prosecute the guilty, and protect the innocent.
But Barnes says the bill falls short when it comes to measures that would truly protect the wrongfully accused.
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