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Cleared, and Pondering the Value of 27 Years

By Steve Hall

That's the title of James McKinley article in the New York Times looking at the case Michael Green, exonerated recently in Harris County.  LINKSince a judge let him out of prison for a rape that prosecutors now say he did not commit, Michael A. Green has had trouble sleeping. Late at night, he walks the neat, quiet sidewalks in the neighborhood where he is staying with an aunt, chain-smoking cigarettes, his mind spinning furiously with questions about why he was convicted 27 years ago and how to spend what is left of his life. He also ponders, he says, whether to take a $2.2 million compensation payment from the State of Texas or file a civil lawsuit in the hope of exposing the truth about the investigation that led to his incarceration...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 16, 2010 (boomark / email).