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Michael Blair Added to DPIC Exoneration List

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The Death Penalty Information Center has just added Michael Blair to its list of men and women exonerated from death row. He is the 130th person sentenced to death to be exonerated since 1973. Death penalty exonerations have occurred in 26 states. Here is more from DPIC's news release:A Collin County court in Texas has dismissed capital murder charges against Michael Blair who had been on death row for the 1993 murder of Ashley Estell. After more than a decade of legal appeals and requests for DNA testing, the hair evidence that had been used to convict Blair was shown to be mistaken. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found that no reasonable jury would convict Blair based on the existing evidence. The District Attorney?s office filed a motion to dismiss the charges on August 25 stating, ?It has been determined that this case should be dismissed in the interest of justice so that the offense charged in the indictment can be further investigated...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).