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Innocence summit drew officials, opinion leaders from around the state

I attended this afternoon an interesting "summit" on innocence and wrongful convictions in the Senate chamber at the Texas capitol.I was a bit annoyed when I was told bloggers couldn't go onto the Senate floor because we're not real journalists, so I didn't get to take the photos I'd hope to get. (That crap really needs to change next session - in all modesty, this blog reports circles around some of the reporters who had credentials to get on the floor.) But even from my perch in the gallery, the discussion was awfully interesting.Nine exonerated men were on the dais along with Senators Rodney Ellis, John Whtimre, Bob Deuell, and other notables. There were reps from the criminal defense lawyers and the prosecutors lobby, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, the Innocence Project of Texas, the Governor's office, two judges from the Court of Criminal Appeals, several members of the House of Representatives, a police union rep, and several DAs and police chiefs, mostly from larger cities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).