News for the Panhandle from ProNews 7
Latest news from around the Texas Panhandle, the State of Texas and the Nation/World
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
A Texas man exonerated by DNA evidence who expects to receive nearly $4.1 million for his quarter-century in prison has sued his attorney, who will take a $1 million cut after working to get more compensation for people who have been wrongly convicted.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Innocence Project of Texas said Friday that scent identification lineups, in which trained dogs determine if a suspect's smell matches the smell of crime scene evidence, are based on faulty science and have led to a number of wrongful convictions.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
The House has voted to boost the compensation to those who are wrongfully convicted and sent to prison.
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