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Gov. Perry Enters Fray Over Anthony Graves' Compensation

By Steve Hall

Today's Houston Chronicle reports, "Perry pledges to help Graves get compensation," by Harvey Rice. Gov. Rick Perry said that Anthony Graves' capital-murder conviction was a "great miscarriage of justice" and pledged to assist in the effort to win the state compensation denied to Graves by the Texas Comptroller's Office.Perry said he would help Graves, who spent 18 years behind bars before charges were dropped in October, either through legislative action or "directly with the comptroller's office."In a Houston appearance Tuesday to discuss the importance of small business to the economy, Perry said he would support efforts to "get this individual the appropriate reimbursement for years that he has spent incarcerated for something that he did not do...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).