Revisiting TJP's Texas Survey of Eyewitness ID Procedures (standdown.typepad.com)
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APD Scores Low on Police Lineup Procedures (www.austinchronicle.com)
According to a new report released by the Justice Project, the Austin Police Department "meets the minimum legal requirements" for administrating live and photographic lineups of criminal suspects... More
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Law of Parties Reform Bill Filed in Texas Legislature (stopexecutions.blogspot.com)
Ever since Kenneth Foster's commutation in 2007, we have been looking for a state legislator to file a bill ending the death penalty as a sentencing option for people convicted under the Law of... More
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Austin police turning to DNA to solve thefts (www.statesman.com)
More than a decade after DNA testing became one of law enforcement agencies' best methods for solving violent crimes such as homicides and sexual assaults, Austin police have joined only a small... More
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Exonerees face difficult re-entry task (gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com)
With the passage of the federal Second Chance Act and numerous state and local re-entry initiatives for felons, the problem of long-time prisoners needing help to successfully get back on their feet... More
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Wrongfully imprisoned man celebrates holidays with family after 16 years (www.dallasnews.com)
Patrick Waller is a driven man.
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The Life Penalty (www.texasobserver.org)
In the execution capital of the free world, death sentences have declined precipitously—thanks in part to the institution of life-without-parole sentences.
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DPS Crime Database too shoddy for thorough background checks (gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com)
Crime data maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety is so shoddy that it's unreliable for performing background checks and gives the public a "false sense of security."
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Texas DPS' criminal databases missing thousands of records (www.star-telegram.com)
More than a third of criminal records are missing from the online Department of Public Safety database available to the public, a Fort Worth company found in a study.
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Capital-defense Office Growing (www.amarillo.com)
Two years ago, the office of the West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases was nothing but a dream.
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