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Another DNA Exoneration in Dallas County

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"DNA evidence clears another Dallas County inmate", is the Dallas Morning report written by Steve McGonigle and Jennifer Emily. A questionable identification process nearly 23 years ago helped strip away freedom from Thomas Clifford McGowan Jr. Now the certainty of DNA testing is about to restore it. Today, state District Judge Susan Hawk is likely to recommend Mr. McGowan's release after agreeing that new genetic evidence proves he could not have committed a 1985 rape and burglary in Richardson that sent him to prison for life. Mr. McGowan is expected to be freed while the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals in Austin considers the judge's recommendation. The 49-year-old would become the 16th Dallas County inmate to be cleared through DNA testing since 2001, the highest total for any county in the country...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).