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Michael Blair's Exoneration Brings Innocence List Total to 130

By "Persian Cowboy"

From Death Penalty Information Center:- - - - -ANOTHER INMATE EXONERATED FROM DEATH ROW AS DNA EVIDENCE LEADS TEXAS TO DROP CHARGESMichael Blair's Exoneration Brings Innocence List Total to 130WASHINGTON, DC - A Collin County court in Texas has dismissed capital murdercharges against Michael Blair who had been on death row for the 1993 murder ofAshley Estell. After more than a decade of legal appeals and requests forDNA testing, the hair evidence that had been used to convict Blair was shownto be mistaken. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found that no reasonablejury would convict Blair based on the existing evidence.The District Attorney's office filed a motion to dismiss the charges on August25 stating, "It has been determined that this case should be dismissed in theinterest of justice so that the offense charged in the indictment can befurther investigated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).