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More Editorial Support for Criminal Justice Integrity Unit

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Sunday's Dallas Morning News carried the editorial, "Court's integrity proposal." Lasting reform, though, requires legislative action, and that's why an effort by Sen. Rodney Ellis should continue to muster political support. Mr. Ellis, a Houston Democrat who organized the Capitol conference, wants to create an innocence commission that could help set criminal justice standards by re-examining wrongful convictions. The appeals court, meanwhile, regains some credibility in stopping an execution last week to examine an appeal of Texas' lethal injection procedure. The court made a mockery of justice in September when Presiding Judge Sharon Keller issued her infamous "we close at 5" edict, refusing to consider a similar appeal from a Houston killer that came in minutes late...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).