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Innocence Project lost funding in Madoff case

Thursday, Jan 1, 2009Posted on Thu, Jan. 01, 2009Innocence Project lost funding in Madoff caseBy MAX B. BAKERmaxbaker@star-telegram.comAfter seeing money earmarked for DNA testing get swept away in the Bernard Madoff scandal, the chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas is calling on state lawmakers to improve overall funding for agencies investigating cases of inmates who may have been wrongfully convicted.Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas at Texas Tech University, said so much more could be done to resolve the cases if the Texas Legislature spent a small fraction of the $2.3 billion it currently spends on operating the prisons."The current system is not workable and needs more funding," Blackburn said...continue to full post

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