Friday, January 19, 2007

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: DNA Test

DNA exonerations raise issues in Texas county
12th person cleared in Dallas County, more than most states
(MSNBC.com, 19 Jan 07)

excerpt

DALLAS - In a case that has renewed questions about the quality of Texas justice, a man who spent 10 years behind bars for the rape of a boy has become the 12th person in Dallas County to be cleared by DNA evidence.

That is more DNA exonerations than in all of California, and more than in Florida, too. In fact, Dallas County alone has more such cases than all but three states — a situation one Texas lawmaker calls an "international embarrassment."

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