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More Detail on Tim Cole Tragedy

Updating an earlier post, I wanted to point readers to excellent coverage out of West Texas of the state's first posthumous DNA exoneration: Tim Cole in Lubbock, who DNA cleared nearly a decade after he died in prison serving time for a rape he didn't commit. See the three part series "Hope Deferred" from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal:Tim Cole sat in prison while another man kept silent about the truth ... finally, he tried to confess, but no one would listenSearch for a Lubbock rapist sends family on nightmare journeyTim Cole's family gets DNA report telling them what they already knewThe Lubbock paper published an editorial today accompanying the series titled "The Justice System Failed an Innocent Man," which reads in part:Who's to blame? The case against Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).