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Race and Exonerations

Black folks make up 11% of Texas population but an overwhelming majority of DNA exonerees. Reacting to the Patrick Waller case which continues that trend, Dallas South Blog wonders "Where are the white exonerees?":if justice were blind, wouldn?t Dallas County be freeing more white folks by way of DNA evidence? You know that chick (Justice) is peeking through that blindfold every chance she gets.There have been a handful of white Texans exonerated - Brandon Moon comes to mind. And we mustn't forget 24 Latinos set up and later exonerated in Dallas' fake drug scandal, plus the horrific Austin case of Chris Ochoa and Richard Danziger. But Shawn's got a fair point: For whatever reason it's hard not to notice how many Texas DNA exonerations have involved black men falsely accused of sex crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 02, 2008 (boomark / email).