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Rooting Out the Causes of Wrongful Conviction
It's been a decade since legislation to create a so-called "innocence commission" to investigate the causes of wrongful convictions in Texas was first filed. Although she's not the first, San Antonio Democratic Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon hopes to ...
Op-Ed: Getting it wrong on wrongful conviction
Six years ago this summer, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued its historic ruling vindicating Steven Truscott. In 1959, at the age of 14, Truscott was sentenced to hang to death for the murder of his classmate, Lynne Harper. He served time — his sentence ...
Will Republicans make difference for wrongful-conviction bill?
Sen. Rodney Ellis has filed bills for a permanent commission to study and make recommendations on preventing wrongful convictions for six lawmaking sessions in a row, including this one. Rep. Ruth Jones McLendon, D-San Antonio, has filed similar bills for ...
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