Wrongful Conviction
April 25, 2013
Exoneration Review Bill Passes The Texas House
If signed into law, House Bill 166 will create an independent commission to review cases of wrongfully-convicted Texans.
DNA exonerations
January 21, 2013
DNA Testing Clears Texas Prisoner of Rape
David Lee Wiggins, 48, had served 23 years in prison for the 1989 rape of a teenage girl when testing revealed DNA evidence did not link him to the crime.
January 21, 2013
The Problem With Eyewitness Testimony
How badly do we mess up when doing something as fundamentally human as using our eyes, words, and memories? In the case of some eyewitness IDs, very badly.
January 21, 2013
Dallas County Exonerates Two More Men
In the last ten years, DNA has exonerated 32 men from Dallas County.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 2007
Craig’s List
Of the many things the first black district attorney of Dallas County is doing, none is more important than rethinking the concept of guilt and innocence.