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Laine Clark

Double jeopardy: laws to be tested after new DNA found

Forensic Science Queensland was established in 2023 after two inquiries exposed major lab failings. (HANDOUT/QLD GOVERNMENT)

Expanded double jeopardy laws are set to be tested for the first time after prosecutors sought to retry a man acquitted of rape following a DNA lab debacle.

Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged a Court of Appeal application, claiming new DNA evidence had been uncovered after forensic retesting.

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