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Florida Roundup - Innocence Commission Created; Lethal Injection News

By Steve Hall

The Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court has signed an administrative order creating a state Innocence Commission.  The Court announcement is here.On July 2, 2010, Chief Justice Charles T. Canady issued an Administrative Order establishing an Innocence Commission and naming members to it.Additional documents will be posted here as they become available. The Ledger has posted, "Justice Canady Signs Order Creating Fla. Innocence Commission."The 23-member Innocence Commission will "study the causes of wrongful conviction and subsequent incarceration," according to the order. It will examine ways to prevent such convictions.The commission won't review cases until it has already been determined that defendants were wrongfully convicted...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).