We spoke with one of the original jurors about new concerns about DNA evidence, which cast doubt on Kosoul Chanthakoummane's conviction. The execution is scheduled for 6pm today. BREAKING via MichellePitcher KosoulChanthakoummane DeathPenalty Texas
before sitting with a police sketch artist—two pseudo-sciences that have since been discredited and linked to wrongful convictions. But the juror told thethat for them, the most compelling evidence was DNA evidence that state prosecutors presented from the victim’s fingernails, which they said linked Chanthakoummane to the crime. In 2021, the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction on the strength of this DNA evidence.
In the most recent appeal, filed last week and denied earlier this week, Chanthakoummane’s lawyers raise two doubts about the DNA evidence: that it might have been transferred to Walker’s hands indirectly—Chanthakoummane doesn’t deny being in the model home where Walker was killed that day—and that it might not even point to him at all.
“I think DNA evidence is trustworthy if the samples that are collected are handled and tested properly, and they’re not … compromised in any way,” the juror said. “There wasn’t any evidence presented to us by the defense that said, ‘Hey, these DNA samples that were taken were mishandled, they weren’t tested properly, etc.’”
The appeal also notes a new understanding of the complexity of analyzing “mixed” DNA samples, or samples that contain genetic material from multiple individuals. That was the case in the DNA sample that led investigators to Chanthakoummane—the swab from Walker’s fingernails showed evidence of her DNA and another person’s. Chanthakoummane and Walker were found to share multiple genetic markers, making analysis of the mixed samples even more difficult, according to Ford.
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