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More on the Tim Cole Case

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Today's Austin American-Statesman carries the editorial, "Even in death, Cole deserves justice."  Here's an extended excerpt:Why bother holding a criminal court hearing for a man who died in prison more than nine years ago? Because it's the only way to serve justice. State District Judge Charlie Baird isn't the most popular criminal court judge in Travis County, especially with the prosecutor's office. He is famous for controversial rulings and unusual sentences. But Baird did the right thing in agreeing to hear arguments in the case of Tim Cole, who died in prison in 1999 contending he was not guilty of rape. Insisting on his innocence, Cole refused a plea bargain that would have kept him out prison for the 1985 rape...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).