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Texas exonerates

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

via DPIC: A Collin County court in Texas has dismissed capital murder charges against Michael Blair who had been on death row for the 1993 murder of Ashley Estell.   After more than a decade of legal appeals and requests for DNA testing, the hair evidence that had been used to convict Blair was shown to be mistaken.  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found that no reasonable jury would convict Blair based on the existing evidence. The District Attorney?s office filed a motion to dismiss the charges on August 25 stating, ?It has been determined that this case should be dismissed in the interest of justice so that the offense charged in the indictment can be further investigated.?  The Plano Police Department is now reinvestigating the 15-year-old case to find the true killer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).