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cjslman
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Roger Dean Gillispie is savoring his freedom after being locked up for decades. Gillispie Speaks Out, Thanks UC Program.
----------------------------------------Man Thanks Students For Getting Conviction Overturned |
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Florida's Governor signed a bill that will award Florida exoneree William Dillon $1.35 million for serving nearly 27 years for a murder DNA proves he didn't commit.
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Florida's Governor signed a bill that will award Florida exoneree William Dillon $1.35 million for serving nearly 27 years for a murder DNA proves he didn't commit. IMHO its nowhere near enough ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner continues his fight for DNA testing. On Wednesday, judges on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals heard oral arguments debating whether Skinner's request for biological analysis of crime scene evidence should be granted. The Texas Tribune reported:
"You really ought to be absolutely sure before you strap a person down and kill him," Judge Michael Keasler said. Skinner has twice come within hours of execution, most recently in November. Skinner was sentenced to death in 1995 for allegedly killing his live-in girlfriend and her two adult sons in their Pampa, Texas, home. He maintains that he didn't commit the crime and has sought DNA testing on probative evidence from the crime scene for over a decade. Skinner's lawyer argues that if DNA testing on all the evidence excludes Skinner it could create a reasonable doubt for jurors, but Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell disagrees saying the other evidence could not undermine the conviction and may set an expensive precedent and burden prosecutors with testing all pieces of evidence post-conviction. "Prosecutors will have to test everything, no matter what the cost," Mitchell told the court. "Prosecutors should be testing everything anyway," Keasler said. Read thefull article. |
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Errant prosecutors seldom held to account
In February, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson affirmed the finding of state District Judge Sid Harle that there was probable cause to believe former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson had violated the criminal laws of Texas by disobeying a court order to disclose evidence pointing to the innocence of Michael Morton, who in 1987 was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. A court of inquiry will now try Anderson on these charges... |
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