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Authors explore stories of Texas exonerees

This press release (pdf) notifies us of the upcoming publication of a new book telling the stories of a dozen Texas exonerees. Reverend Dorothy Budd rejoiced at the recent announcement that deaf inmate Stephen Brodie may become the latest Texas prisoner to win his freedom after being wrongfully convicted.Budd, a former child-sex-crimes prosecutor for the Dallas County District Attorney?s office, wants the voice of Brodie, along with men who have already been exonerated in Dallas County, to be heard. She and her daughter Peyton share the men?s experiences in the upcoming book Tested: How Twelve Wrongfully Imprisoned Men Held onto Hope, to be published this October by Brown Books Publishing Group.In 2009, the Budds became interested in the plight of these wrongly convicted men and requested a meeting with Dallas County DA Craig Watkins where they learned that of the cases his office selected with DNA viable for testing, about half of the tests went on to prove the men?s innocence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).