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Panel Targets Roots of Wrongful Convictions
Recommendations on improving witness identification and evidence testing head to the Lege
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Perry Finally Pardons Cole
Twenty-five years after Cole was wrongly named rapist, Perry finally issues a pardon
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The Junk Science Conundrum
Legislators ponder how to keep questionable forensics out of the courtroom
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Clearing the Path to Posthumous Pardon
A.G. opinion gives Timothy Cole supporters hope that Gov. Perry will issue a posthumous pardon
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Cole’s Posthumous Exoneration Is First for Texas
In clearing Timothy Cole’s name, Travis Co. judge does what Lubbock officials refused to do
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Innocence Project Seeks Justice
Timothy Cole died before his false conviction could be overturned, but his family – and the victim of the real attacker – still seek closure
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Anthony Graves Update: Evidence Reappears
Special prosecutor handling retrial of capital murder case against Graves finds cache of physical evidence thought lost last month
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Anthony Graves Update
Retrial of capital murder case against Anthony Graves set to go forward this summer, even though special prosecutor recently admitted that crucial evidence in case is lost
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‘Operation Crackdown’ Update
Court grants appeal rehearing to one of 29 black residents in Edna, Texas, charged with drug dealing in connection with a 2002 undercover sting operation
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Edna Injustice Update
After more than a year-and-a-half in prison for a crime he insists he did not commit, Rick Patterson, one of 29 blacks arrested and charged with selling drugs in Edna, Texas, was granted parole.