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Video of Resolution Passed by Texas House on "Day of Innocence" to Honor Death Row Exonerees

By "Persian Cowboy"

Video of Resolution Passed by Texas House on "Day of Innocence" to Honor Death Row Exonerees.82R12583 MMS-DBy: DuttonH.R. No. 829R E S O L U T I O N       WHEREAS, Six former death row inmates who have beenexonerated of the crime for which they were convicted are visitingthe State Capitol on March 16, 2011, the Day of Innocence, insupport of a moratorium on executions and other related measures;and       WHEREAS, These men are among the 138 individuals who havebeen released from death row since 1973, either because theirconvictions were overturned and they then won acquittal at retrialor had the charges against them dropped, or because they were givenan absolute pardon by the governor based on new evidence of theirinnocence; their lives forever changed by their wrongfulconviction, these six individuals are now working to reform thecriminal justice system; and       WHEREAS, Convicted of murder in Texas in 1981, ClarenceBrandley was just weeks away from his scheduled execution whenevidence of coerced testimony and blatant racism in his first twotrials prompted the FBI to intervene; three years later, thecharges against him were dismissed; Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).