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Can you imagine?

By Shawn Matlock

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is pushing for severe punishment for those that violate the law. Nothing new about that, right? Well, the difference is the potential offenders might well be in his own office. Or any other District Attorney's office in the State. District Attorney Watkins is seeking stiff penalties for prosecutors that hide evidence. Watkins is apparently seeking to have prosecutors who hide evidence from the defense subject to either criminal penalties or disbarment for their actions. Dallas County leads the nation in wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing. Mr. Watkins' office has seen 17 people formally exonerated by DNA testing since 2001, the highest such number in the country. Texas likewise leads the nation with 31 in that time frame...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).