Virginia sneaks around Melendez-Diaz, to deny 6th Amendment to Accused

Looks like Virginia, not happy with the US Supreme Court try­ing to ensure defen­dants’ 6th Amendment rights, is try­ing to find a sneaky way around the Melendez-Diaz ruling.

Following Melendez-Diaz, the Virginia leg­is­la­ture took action almost imme­di­ately. Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia called a spe­cial ses­sion of the leg­is­la­ture to amend the state’s statute gov­ern­ing the use

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