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Rodney Ellis' Legislative Agenda - Preventing Wrongful Convictions

By Steve Hall

Today's Houston Chronicle reports, "Ellis works to halt wrongful convictions."  It's written by Bobby Cervantes. In the decade since state lawmakers last addressed wrongful convictions, Texas has earned the distinction of having the highest number of exonerations based on DNA evidence in the nation.At least 42 men from a dozen Texas counties have leveled successful DNA challenges to their convictions, according to the Innocence Project of Texas.In light of that, Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, is hoping a fresh move toward criminal justice reform will elbow its way to the forefront in a session jammed with a massive budget shortfall, redistricting and a raft of contentious measures, such as voter ID and anti-illegal immigration legislation...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).