Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> StandDown Texas Project

Criminal Law

: StandDown Texas Project

Texas Governor Goes to Bat for Exonerated Man

By Steve Hall

That's the title of the editorial in today's Austin American-Statesman. All Texans should be proud of Gov. Rick Perry's promise to do whatever he can to help steer our state away from piling injustice upon injustice in the sad case of Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years in prison for murders he did not commit. Graves is entitled to as much as $1.4 million in state compensation, but State Comptroller Susan Combs' office, citing what appear to be technicalities, is refusing to make the payment. Perry is on the case, and we support his efforts to get the payment made, though it would not come close to compensating Graves for the suffering he has endured. And: Last October, District Attorney Bill Parham declared Graves innocent; the charges were dropped; and Graves sought the compensation to which he is entitled...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 18, 2011 (boomark / email).