The way has been cleared for DNA tests that could clear a prison inmate facing execution – or confirm that he did beat his estranged wife to death more than 14 years ago. The State Supreme Court has ordered the DNA test. DNA was used to convict Brian Kinder, but his lawyer says two new generations of DNA tests have been develped since Kinder’s trial and the new system is far more defining. A judge in St. Louis has to order the tests within a month.
