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Newspapers don't like John Bradley, and now Galveston jail inmates can read about it

Here are a few quick items that would merit more attention if I had time today:Houston's latest DNA exonereeTexas latest DNA exoneration came out of Houston this week involving a man who spent 17 years incarcerated after being falsely convicted for kidnapping and rape. Though he's already been paroled, thanks to Judge Pat Lykos' Post-Conviction Review Section he'll now get off supervision and become eligible for state compensation. "The district attorney's office says DNA analysis on the only remaining evidence -- hair collected during the original sex assault examination -- cleared [George] Rodriguez and led them to the actual offenders, who they say are Manuel Beltran and Isidro Yanez."Anthony Graves sues for innocence After the Comptroller refused compensation ad the Governor said he's not eligible for a pardon (both wrong decisions in this writer's view), Anthony Graves this week had to sue the Attorney General in district court seeking a declaratory judgment declaring him innocent before he'll become eligible for compensation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).