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New CCA "Integrity Unit" shows shift in establishment opinion about innocence reforms

There was a time not so long ago when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals didn't think too highly of post-conviction DNA evidence, but not anymore. Yesterday, on the heels of Texas' 34th DNA exoneration since 2001, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held the first meeting of a new "Criminal Justice Integrity Unit" created to identify and promote reforms aimed at preventing false convictions identified through DNA exonerations. (Conflict alert: I attended the event in my capacity working for the Innocence Project of Texas.)The actual meeting was held in the same chambers where the CCA hears oral arguments. It was an odd little event - more focused on presentations (two by Barry Scheck from the national Innocence Project) than process - but presumably yesterday was just an introductory affair...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).