High court bid seeks DNA testing in Florida murder
By The BriefBrief
An anti-death-penalty group urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt the scheduled execution of U.S. Navy veteran Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. Defense attorneys also petition the U.S. Supreme Court to allow advanced DNA testing in Conahan’s 1996 Charlotte County capital murder case. The group cites no DNA match to Conahan from scene evidence.
WHO:Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; Gov. Ron DeSantis; defense attorneys; Daniel Owen Conahan Jr.; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Navy veteran Daniel Owen Conahan Jr.
WHAT:Advocates and attorneys seek to stop an execution and obtain advanced DNA testing in a decades-old capital murder case.
WHEN:Reported Sep 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM ET
WHERE:Charlotte County, Florida
WHY:The effort is triggered by claims that longstanding innocence arguments and forensic requests—particularly DNA results from scene evidence—have not received full and meaningful judicial consideration.
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