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Finding Ways to Reduce Wrongful Convictions

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an OpEd from the Houston Chronicle.  It's written by State Senator Rodney Ellis and Cory Session, brother of the late Tim Cole.  LINK  It's a must-read:Timothy Cole was forced to suffer in prison for a crime he didn't commit. His pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears for 14 years, and he ultimately lost his life behind bars to an asthma attack before he could clear his name. Tim had no criminal record when he was arrested; there was no physical evidence tying him to the crime. He was locked away to die based solely on the faulty eyewitness testimony of a single witness.Tim's case would be tragic enough if it were an isolated incident, but the unfortunate reality is wrongful convictions are disturbingly routine in the Lone Star State...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 07, 2010 (boomark / email).