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State Comprtoller Rejects Compensation Claim for Anthony Graves

By Steve Hall

Today's Houston Chronicle reports, "State rejects compensation for wrongly convicted man."  It's written by Harvey Rice The Texas Comptroller?s Office has denied compensation to Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years on death row before a special prosecutor determined he was innocent and authorities dropped capital murder charges against him.The state determined that Graves, 45, who could have received as much as $1.4 million had he been deemed eligible, should receive nothing because the words "actual innocence" didn?t appear in the document ordering his release, according to a letter the office sent to Graves? attorney, Nicole Casarez.Graves said he will continue to press for compensation."Nothing has ever been easy for me on this road to justice," Graves said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 15, 2011 (boomark / email).