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Another Texas Exoneration

By Steve Hall

Today's Houston Chronicle reports, "Inmate expected to be freed as DNA is reviewed."  It's written by Brian Rogers.A Houston man sentenced to life in prison in 1986 is expected to be released today pending further investigation of the DNA evidence that put him away for aggravated kidnapping in the abduction and rape of an Alief woman more than 20 years ago.Innocence Project lawyers for Ernest Sonnier are expected to ask for the 46-year-old's release on bail pending further investigation, a move that will not be opposed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office, spokeswoman Donna Hawkins said.DNA testing over the past 18 months implicated two convicted felons as the actual perpetrators of the 1985 crime, said Alba Morales, the Innocence Project staff attorney handling the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 07, 2009 (boomark / email).