Now that the death penalty will no longer be debated in the name of Roger Keith Coleman, some observers say it's unlikely DNA testing will ever be used in Virginia to absolve an executed man.

WASHINGTON — Nine years after Roger Keith Coleman was put to death in Virginia’s electric chair, his legal case lives on, a test of whether the state may have executed the wrong man. A young coal ...

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