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Craig Watkins, 2008 Texan of the Year

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In another editorial, the Dallas Morning News named the Dallas County District Attorney its Texan of the Year.  LINK  Here's a brief excerpt from the editorial: Here in the state that sanctions killing more often than any other, Craig Watkins is not just another cog in the machinery of death. The first-term Dallas County district attorney has quickly emerged as a transformational figure who has made a name not by securing convictions, but by clearing the way for them to be overturned. Under his watch, the prison door has swung open again and again, as the wrongly convicted have walked out as free men. He is a prosecutor who has sought the death penalty because it is his professional responsibility but who is personally conflicted...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 29, 2008 (boomark / email).