Researchers at two law schools Monday released an unprecedented listing of all the exoneration cases from the last 23 years. Only two states had more exonerations than Texas, according to the report.
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James Liebman: The TT Interview
The Columbia University law professor on the in-depth investigation his team conducted that they believe revealed that Carlos DeLuna did not commit the murder for which he was executed in 1989.
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Updated: Judge Again Denies Motion to Move 30-Year-Old Murder Case
An administrative judge has again denied Kerry Max Cook’s request to move his case out of Smith County, a decision the former death row inmate worries will doom his fight to legally prove his innocence.
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Court Stays Execution of Mentally Ill Inmate
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday stayed the execution of a severely mentally ill inmate convicted of a 1989 robbery and murder at a Fort Worth Steak and Ale restaurant.
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Death Sentence Reviews Leave Unsettled Issues
Defense lawyers argue that judges in Harris County — ordered to review a psychologist’s work in two death penalty cases — are simply rubber-stamping the conclusions of the psychologist, who was reprimanded last year.
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Top Criminal Court to Hear Skinner’s DNA Plea
The latest installment in death row inmate Hank Skinner’s quest for DNA testing comes today as his lawyers argue to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that a change in state law should allow for testing in his case.
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DNA Exonerates Two More Inmates in Dallas County
Two men on Monday became the 31st and 32nd individuals to be exonerated by DNA evidence in Dallas County since 2001. Era Sundar of KUT News reports on the faulty eyewitness identification system that may have led to their incarcerations.
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Filing by Cook’s Lawyers Says DA Kept Murder Weapon as “Souvenir”
UPDATED: Former Smith County District Attorney A.D. Clark III denies allegations by Kerry Max Cook’s lawyers that Clark had kept the knife linked to Linda Jo Edwards’ fatal stabbing at his home.
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Updated: Former Death Row Inmate Can Get New DNA Tests
A judge today granted Kerry Max Cook’s request for more DNA testing in the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, but the former death row inmate will have to fight to prove his innocence in the same place where he was twice sentenced to death.
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Updated: Court Orders Review of Death Row Case Involving Reprimanded Psychologist
The state’s highest criminal court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to review a death penalty case that involved a psychologist reprimanded last year for using unscientific methods.
