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State senator aims to improve police lineup policies (www.kvue.com)

A new study of Texas police departments shows a lack of eyewitness lineup policies, and one state senator hopes to change that in the next legislative session.

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Sex convictions from '90s in question because of withheld evidence (www.dallasnews.com)

Antrone Lynelle Johnson twice was convicted of sexual assault as a high school student, earning him a life sentence. Mr. Johnson, who is 31, contends that both cases from the mid-1990s were built on... More

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For Dallas DA, a celebrated pursuit of justice also brings anguish and anger (www.star-telegram.com)

Profile of Dallas County DA Craig Watkins

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Innocence reforms would enhance jurors’ experiences and help prevent the worst possible one (ipoftexas.org)

Testimony on behalf of the Innocence Project of Texas to the House Judiciary Committee regarding its Interim Charge related to Juries

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Rodney Ellis: Lowering odds that innocents end up in prison (www.dallasnews.com)

Senator Ellis will introduce a package of legislation in 2009 to reduce the chances that another innocent Texan is sent to prison while the true criminal remains at large.

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Appeals court overturns conviction of DNA exonoree (www.chron.com)

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday overturned the sex crime convictions of a Dallas man proven innocent by DNA testing after 25 years in prison.

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Truth shakes rape victim's faith in justice | Avalanche-Journal (www.lubbockonline.com)

Michele Mallin feared the county would warn her that the man who raped her more than two decades ago was up for release, she said, dredging up a crime she suffered as a college student and had not... More

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