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Tarrant electronic discovery seen as gold standard

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:A state panel studying ways to reduce wrongful convictions in Texas seemed to find what it was looking for during a visit to Tarrant County this year.After reviewing the district attorney's open-file and electronic discovery system, Mary Anne Wiley, deputy general counsel for Gov. Rick Perry, offered one of several superlatives uttered by panel members."This sounds like a slam dunk," Wiley said.Advocates of stronger open-discovery rules hope the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions will help lead Texas lawmakers to finally push through uniform statewide policies.Some point to Tarrant County's system as a model for the state."Tarrant County does seem to be the gold standard," said Barry Macha, a panel member and Wichita County district attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).