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Texas House, Senate will honor memory of DNA exoneree

The sad and terrible case of Timothy Cole - Texas' first posthumous DNA exoneration - continues to garner attention as we approach the court of inquiry hearing on Thursday and Friday which will finally, formally, exonerate him. Tim Cole was a military veteran and student at Texas Tech when he was convicted of rape based on a victim's mistaken identification. He later died of asthma in prison before DNA evidence ultimately cleared his name.After the Austin Statesman ran a moving front-page article on the story yesterday, today there's national coverage in USA Today previewing the court hearing ("Texas family fights for man's posthumous exoneration," Feb. 4):On Thursday, Cole's family and lawyers will appear in an Austin courtroom in pursuit of an extraordinary posthumous legal ruling to clear his name...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).