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Advisory panel leaning against innocence commission

Dave Montgomery from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that:An advisory panel bearing the name of a wrongfully convicted inmate from Fort Worth is apparently leaning against recommending the creation of a state innocence commission amid concerns that it would create a new bureaucracy and duplicate work already being performed in Texas law schools.The concept of an innocence commission to investigate whether convictions are wrongful was among several recommendations discussed Thursday by the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel. Cole, who died in prison after being convicted for a sexual assault that he didn't commit, was recently given a posthumous pardon by Gov. Rick Perry.The panel deferred votes until its next meeting, but members generally expressed reservations about creating an innocence commission...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 23, 2010 (boomark / email).