Yes, this article is from 2016 and yes it's in Texas which has a strong law which allows throwing out bad science.
The suspect forensic claim was such a small part of the evidence against the defendent that it didn't survive appeals.
But it also means prosecutors often avoid scientific evidence in favor of witness testimony.
It also creates situations where no DNA test is done on evidence. On appeal the defense says “the prosecution didn’t even do dna testing!” But during the trial the defense wasn’t asking for it (and neither was prosecution) so of course it didn’t happen.