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Exonerees, lawyers fees and innocence compensation: A personal perspective on an ugly dispute

By "Persian Cowboy"

Last week an article about an exoneree suing his attorneys was printed in several papers. At the time I knew that something was not right, that the whole story was not being printed but I had not caught up with being out of town and responded yet. I know Jeff Blackburn, with the Innocence Project of Texas, and know him to be a very hard-working, extremely dedicated attorney. If you know me at all, you know I rarely praise attorneys as most of them are not worthy of any, but Jeff is one of the exceptions. I have known him since the '70's and he is one of the people wanting to figure out how to have Todd Willingham posthumouslyalso exonerated. Jeff spoke at our annual march in Texas this year. You can watch his speech online. He was also the attorney for the Tulia defendants who were so royally screwed until he stepped in and took their cases and fought the powers in Tulia...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).