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Busy day at capitol and courts on innocence

Today's a busy day on the innocence front in Austin, both at the capitol and the courthouse.More than a dozen Texas DNA exonerees, along with students and boardmembers from the Innocence Project of Texas, will be at the capitol to promote legislative reforms aimed at preventing false convictions and providing redress for innocent people currently incarcerated. Here's a summary of the legislation they'll be promoting. I'll be spending my day helping with that effort.Also, this afternoon, Judge Charlie Baird in the 299th District Court will conduct a court of inquiry to exonerate Timothy Cole.There's been a lot of good coverage on this case, but if you're not familar and want some highlights, NPR ran a story this morning and has previously interviewed Cole's mother, Ruby Cole Session, and Michele Mallin, the rape victim whose testimony helped secure Cole's conviction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).