http://ipoftexas.org Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:10:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Innocence Project of Texas attorneys, Jeff Blackburn and Natalie Roetzel, filed a petition in the 99th District Court on Friday asking the court to commence a court of inquiry into the wrongful conviction of Timothy Cole. Cole, who was convicted of a Lubbock rape in the mid-1980s, always insisted ... http://ipoftexas.org/posthumous-exoneration-possible-in-lubbock-county/ In a June 26 press release, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office announced that DNA evidence and an intensive investigation prove that Patrick Waller was wrongfully convicted of aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping back in 1992. The release states: (DALLAS – June 26, 2008) – Today, the Dallas County District Attorney’s ... http://ipoftexas.org/patrick-waller-cleared-by-dna-evidence-in-dallas-county/ The Dallas County District Attorney's Office announced yesterday that they have located the man who committed the rape that Thomas McGowan was initially convicted of committing. McGowan was released from incarceration in April when DNA testing proved he had been wrongfully convicted of the crime. He was officially ... http://ipoftexas.org/dallas-da-locates-real-perpetrator-in-mcgowan-rape-case/ Yesterday, Thomas McGowan became the 15th man officially exonerated by DNA testing in Dallas County when the Court of Criminal Appeals granted his writ of habeas corpus. McGowan, who was released from incarceration in April of this year, served 23 years in prison for a sexual assault that he ... http://ipoftexas.org/thomas-mcgowan-officially-exonerated/ In today's edition of Texas Lawyer, John Council has an interesting article about the Dallas County prosecutors whose cases were later called into question by DNA testing that indicated the defendant's innocence. He writes: until now, the current and former prosecutors responsible for sending 17 men to prison for years ... http://ipoftexas.org/prosecutors-in-wrongful-conviction-cases-speak-out/