May 28 2009
The Innocence Project of Texas is pleased to announce that Governor Perry signed the Timothy Cole Act in to law yesterday afternoon increasing the financial compensation received by Texas exonerees. Specifically, the new law, which will go into effect on September 1 of this year, will increase the lump sum payment to Texas exonerees to [...]
May 26 2009
The Innocence Project of Texas has recently learned that Jerry Lee Evans is expected to be released from incarceration tomorrow after serving more than 22 years on a wrongful conviction out of Dallas County. Evans, who was convicted of a 1986 aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to life in prison, has always maintained that he [...]
May 14 2009
Former Dallas County Prosecutor, James Fry, acknowledged in a Dallas Morning News op-ed today that he was partially responsible for the wrongful conviction of an innocent man. In doing so, he makes note of the imperfections in the Texas criminal justice system. He writes:
When I prosecuted Charles Chatman for aggravated rape in 1981, I [...]