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North Carolina's Innocence Commission

By Steve Hall

Raleigh's News & Observer today carries, "A better way to fix mistakes," by columnist Rick Martinez. The consequences of my mistakes aren't usually a big deal. Earlier this year I wrote that Haiti was 90 miles off the Florida coast. A slew of readers rightly chastised me in e-mails similar to this one: "Dear idiot, Cuba is 90 miles from the U.S. coast, Haiti is 700 miles away. Go buy a map!" I did.Other mistakes aren't as easy to fix or face. The toughest came a few months ago when Greg Taylor walked into a recording studio for an interview.In 2006, I had opposed the creation of the Innocence Inquiry Commission (IIC) by the General Assembly. Had the legislature adopted the view I espoused, Taylor would be enduring his 17th year in Central Prison for a murder he did not commit...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).