A month after a Florida death row inmate was cleared...

A month after a Florida death row inmate was cleared of a murder by a drop of his blood, Gov. Jeb Bush has signaled support for DNA testing for convicted murderers who may be able to prove their innocence through science. "It has always been my position that whenever DNA evidence could prove the innocence of a convicted person, that person should be afforded the opportunity to have necessary testing conducted on the relevant evidence,'' Bush said in a letter to state Sen. Alex Villalobos, whose criminal justice committee began looking at how to arrange for such testing. The state is considering allowing the testing and paying the estimated $1,500 cost per test - for death row inmates who can show DNA evidence could set them free. In the case of Frank Lee Smith, who once came within 3 days of being executed, that evidence came too late. The results that cleared the former Broward resident last month of the 1985 murder of Shandra Whitehead came 11 months after he died in prison of cancer. The test by the FBI was performed on blood taken from his body after his death.