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...didn't Harvey's lawyers introduce this DNA evidence during the 1990 trial...
...Vanessa Potkin is a staff attorney for the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal clinic that advocates for access to post-conviction DNA testing. Potkin was among the lawyers representing Harvey in this case. She spoke with TIME.com Tuesday...
...Vanessa Potkin: When someone contacts us, we look at whether there is some biological evidence that could prove either innocence or guilt. In Harvey's case, we filed the complaint in July of 2000, but Harvey first contacted us in 1993. We started making efforts to locate Harvey's DNA evidence as early as 1996, beginning with approaching the prosecutors and the state forensic labs...
...Back to James Harvey: Does the debate surrounding his case hinge on the issue of due process...
...brought Harvey's case under a 1983 federal civil rights statute that offers a remedy to citizens whose constitutional rights are violated. The law gives a client the right to sue for injunctive relief - and in this case, the relief in question was access to DNA testing...