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Dallas Morning News Editorial

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"DA right to re-examine death penalty cases," is the title of an editorial in today's paper.District Attorney Craig Watkins does not want to see an innocent man executed on his watch.     Around this unassailable goal, there is near universal agreement.     So, while the details of the district attorney's approach no doubt will be debated, Mr. Watkins is right to go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that Dallas County does not make a deadly error. His announcement this week that nearly 40 death penalty convictions will be re-examined provides additional assurances that executions will proceed only in cases that are air tight. A deluge of DNA exonerations in Dallas County has shaken confidence in the judicial system, spurring serious questions about flawed photo lineups, erroneous eyewitness testimony and prosecutorial misconduct...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 19, 2008 (boomark / email).