Criminal Law

Current and Former ADAs Who Helped Convict Exonerated Men Reflect
In fewer than two years in office, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has become a star for who he is not ? namely legendary DA Henry Wade. Watkins has embraced the help of the Innocence Project and has worked...

Dallas County Texas District Attorney Craig Watkins Accepted Thousands In Gifts For Department
DALLAS, TEXAS - Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is facing ethical and legal questions. He acknowledges receiving thousands of dollars worth of tickets for airlines and sporting events which he says went to his staff...

Dallas DA wants to punish Brady violators
Looks like I wasn’t the only one who had prosecutorial ethics on my mind this past week. From Grits, Dallas DA Craig Watkins has about had it with these exonerations and wants to do something about it...

DA to commissioners: Help me keep freeing the wrongfully imprisoned
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins this morning is asking Dallas County commissioners to help him keep a program that has been a hallmark of his two-year tenure in office -- the Conviction Integrity Unit...

Interview with Dallas D.A. Craig Wakins
Reason magazine interviews Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, asking "Is This America's Best Prosecutor?" Upon taking office, Watkins established a "Conviction Integrity Unit" to ensure that prosecutors follow appropriate procedures (in the wake of revelations of a series of wrongful convictions that took place before Watkins took office) and started working with the Texas Innocence Project to find other cases of wrongful conviction...

Balko interviews Craig Watkins, decries PR blitz on drug task force pork
Two articles by Reason magazine's Radley Balko caught my eye.First, is Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins America's best prosecutor? It might be a tad early in his career to foist that mantle upon him, but I agree with Balko he should be in the conversation...