innocent man serves 30 years in prison

There have been 21 DNA exonerations in Dallas since 2001, more than any other county in the nation. Only two states — Illinois and New York — have freed more of the wrongly convicted through DNA evidence than Dallas, according to the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal centre representing Dupree that specializes in wrongful conviction cases.
Dallas' record of DNA exonerations is unmatched nationally because the county crime lab maintains biological evidence even decades after a conviction, leaving samples available to test. In addition, (Craig) Watkins (Dallas County DA) has co-operated with innocence groups in reviewing hundreds of requests by inmates for DNA testing. Watkins, the first black district attorney in Texas history, has also pointed to what he calls "a convict-at-all-costs mentality" that he says permeated the DA's office before he arrived in 2007.

 

For there to be so many exonerations only means there were wrongful convictions in the first place and a black DA had to take office as recently as 2007 to turn things around. You're not even addressing innocent death row inmates or those who were executed before their innocence came to light, or how a Jewish, liberal, New York-based group had to intervene from outside to get justice for TX prisoners. Not sure what you were trying to prove with that post, it doesn't let TX off the hook at all.

 

the system at its finest

 

Bingo. That's exactly the information I wanted to convey with that quote. The quote is from the Innocence Project's website. I couldn't find the exact numbers online, but this morning on NPR (who would have thunk?) I learned that the majority of those exonerated in Dallas have been black men. Thanks to the Innocent Project and people like Watkins who recognize that the justice system is flawed and are actually doing something to turn it around.

 

Cool, I thought you were trying to defend TX, I know some members here are from there unfortunately. When their governor was talking secession I was like don't let the door hit you.

 

Texas scares me...but not so much anymore.

 

That shit is plain wrong but since its happening the bm who cares I guess.