The Innocence Project of Texas

Today, Senator Rodney Ellis and Innocence Project of Texas Chief Counsel Jeff Blackburn officially announced that on May 8, an innocence roundtable will be held in Austin, Texas to discuss reforms proposed to prevent future wrongful convictions. Senator Ellis issued the following press release regarding the event:
“I first want to offer my condolences to […]

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Innocence Project of Texas client, James Lee Woodard, was released from incarceration yesterday after serving more than 27 years for a murder that he has always maintained he did not commit. The victim, Woodard’s girlfriend at the time of the homicide, was found strangled and sexually assaulted on the banks of the Trinity River […]

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Since the beginning of the Innocence Project of Texas’s partnership with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, our organization has reviewed more than 100 cases. While several of these cases warrant DNA testing in order to determine whether the convicted individual is guilty or innocent, several others do not have the luxury of DNA. […]

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