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Houston's Ron Taylor case demonstrates worst possible outcome from forensic errors

The third exoneree convicted with flawed evidence from the Houston crime lab received word this week of his pardon by Texas Governor Rick Perry, the Houston Chronicle reported today ("Ron Taylor says pardon brings new meaning to life," June 20):Ronald Gene Taylor on Thursday broke free of the bonds of the wrongful rape conviction that has defined his life for 15 years after receiving news of a pardon confirming his innocence. "It's been hard to get restarted," Taylor said in a telephone interview from Atlanta. "Little things, like filling out a job application or renting an apartment are hard when you have to say you are a convicted felon. Now, I am officially a free man. I am so relieved." ...Taylor, 48, has worked to reclaim his life in the eight months since a Harris County judge ordered him released from prison after DNA evidence cleared him of a 1993 Houston rape...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).