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Remembering Timothy Cole

Timothy Cole's half-brother Cory Session had an op ed in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram yesterday on the 10th anniversary of his sibling's death. Timothy was falsely convicted of a rape based on victim eyewitness testimony, but DNA evidence (and the real perpetrator's confession) later proved his innocence - unfortunately not until years after after he'd died in prison of untreated asthma complications. Wrote Cory: One of the most infamous days in the history of the Texas judicial system occurred 10 years ago today. Timothy Cole died an innocent man in a Texas prison cell.An Army veteran and college student who was pursuing the American dream ended up living ? and dying ? an American nightmare. This year, he became the first person to be posthumously exonerated, thanks to state District Judge Charlie Baird...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 02, 2009 (boomark / email).