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Coverage of American Violet premier

Speaking of informants, the feature film American Violet - which fictionally portrays a Texas case involving false allegations by an unreliable, unstable informant and the effects on an innocent accused - premiered last night in Hearne before opening nationwide in April. See coverage from:The Houston ChronicleThe Bryan College Station EagleThe Waco Tribune-HeraldThe Baylor LariatBaylor Law School press releaseI'm sorry I couldn't make it to Hearne for the premier; I'd have liked to see Graham Boyd, the ACLU attorney who spearheaded the case and who was in town for a Q&A after the screening. Hi Graham! Hope everything went well.Along with the Tulia case, the informant scandal in Hearne led directly to legislation in Texas passed in 2001 requiring corroboration for informants in undercover drug stings...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 18, 2009 (boomark / email).