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Summit on Wrongful Convictions

By "Persian Cowboy"

(Austin, TX; April 29, 2008) ? State Senator Rodney Ellis today announced that a day-long Summit on Wrongful Convictions will be held May 8 at the State Capitol in Austin to determine the causes of wrongful convictions in Texas and identify reforms that can prevent them.Today's release of James Lee Woodard in Dallas ? based on DNA tests showing that he did not commit a murder 27 years ago for which he was wrongfully convicted ? comes just one week after Thomas McGowan was freed based on DNA results showing he did not commit the Dallas County rape and burglary for which he spent 23 years in prison. Woodard is represented by the Innocence Project of Texas; McGowan is represented by the Innocence Project. Eighteen people have now been freed based on post-conviction DNA testing in Dallas, and more than 30 people in Texas have been fully exonerated based on DNA results...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).