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Innocence Project of Texas faces Madoff-spawned budget shortfall

This one hits pretty close to home:The Innocence Project of Texas faces potential economic oblivion later this year after a foundation whose funds made up the bulk of its income closed its doors due to an infamous Wall Street scandal. In a column in yesterday's Fort Worth Star Telegram, Cory Session, the youngest brother of the late Timothy Cole (who was exonerated posthumously this spring), writes:The Innocence Project of Texas fights daily for its survival.Bernie Madoff?s Ponzi scheme robbed the nonprofit of its funding. It will cease to exist after July, unless there is "manna from heaven." The project is operating on fumes and the credit card of one of its volunteers to seek justice for the incarcerated innocent.On the floor at the Innocence Project office sit boxes of files...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).