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Man Bites Dog: Dallas appeals court tosses drug conviction for lack of evidence

Recently I argued that a prime reason for wrongful convictions is that courts frequently don't require sufficient evidence to prove an offense beyond a reasonable doubt, allowing convictions based on uncorroborated eyewitness testimony, sloppy forensics and coercive interrogation tactics. So I was pleased when, via Pete at Drug War Rant, I saw this Greenville Herald Banner story ("Eighty five year sentence for drug possession overturned," July 13) about a drug conviction overturned en toto by the Dallas Court of Appeals because the evidence presented did not conclusively incrimnate the defendant:An appeals court has overturned the conviction and lengthy prison sentence given to a Greenville man, whom authorities said sold crack cocaine and ran prostitution and gambling operations from a residence near a local school...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).