That the government is vigorously contesting, albeit on flimsy evidence, that Randall Bowers is the biological father of Robert Bowers indicates that it too believes that paternity matters and is significant,” wrote the defense, accusing prosecutors of seeking “to undermine the genetic basis” for Robert Bowers’ mental illness. “The Department of Justice presumably shares the defense’s concern with seeking the execution of a seriously mentally ill person.
The defense asked a judge on Tuesday to clear up the matter by ordering the exhumation of Randall Bowers’ body.
At trial last week, prosecutors sought to cast doubt on whether he was Robert Bowers’ biological father. Randall Bowers died by suicide in 1979 on the eve of his own rape trial.
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