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Tim Cole declared innocent, exonerees press for reforms at Lege

Wow ... Just, wow! Blogging has been light for a couple of days during which time I've been privileged to participate in some truly extraordinary events.On Thursday, a dozen Texas DNA exonerees (who collectively had spent more than 200 years in prison on false charges) along with Innocence Project of Texas students, boardmembers and volunteers, came to Austin for an advocacy day to promote a range of innocence reforms. On Friday, following a press conference at the capitol and a well-attended legislative briefing on eyewitness identification procedures, I was able to attend the denouement of the court of inquiry exonerating Timothy Cole for a 1985 rape he did not commit, where the victim in the case, who had mistakenly identified Cole in a photo lineup, finally faced the man who'd really assaulted her nearly 25 years ago...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).