State statute requires law enforcement agencies to adopt procedures for photo and live lineups that comply with minimum standard best practices, to include at a minimum the blind administration of lineups. A model policy is to be promulgated by the Texas Law Enforcement Management institute. Effective: 2011.

Read the statute.

Dallas County Cases Where DNA Has Proven Innocence

DNA Evidence Clears Fort Worth Man Who Served 24 Years for a Sexual Assault He Always Maintained He Didn't Commit

Prosecutorial Oversight Coalition Responds to Texas District and County Attorney Association's report on Prosecutorial Misconduct

Michael Morton: Five Months Out

12th Dallas County Man in Five Years Is Proven Innocent Through DNA Evidence

Tenth Dallas County Man in Just Five Years Is Proven Innocent Through DNA Evidence; Larry Fuller Set To Be Released Today

DNA Exonerations Nationwide

James Waller Exonerated through Pardon from Governor; One of 13 Dallas Men Proven Innocent By DNA Testing

Cleared by DNA 25 Years after Wrongful Conviction in Dallas, James Giles To Join Other Exonerees and Innocence Project at Legislative Hearing on Statewide Reform Tuesday in Austin

DNA Tests May Show Whether Texas Man Was Wrongfully Executed; Legal Motions Filed to Hold Evidence for Testing

DNA Testing Proves that Houston Man Was Wrongfully Convicted of Rape in 1995; Case Highlights Serious HPD Crime Lab Problems

As 18th Person is Freed Based on DNA in Dallas, Summit on Wrongful Convictions in Texas Is Set for May 8

Charges dropped in Texas death row case

25 Years After Wrongful Conviction, Steven Phillips Set To Be Exonerated in Dallas Based on DNA and Other Evidence

Judge's Ruling Clears Deceased Texas Prisoner and Emphasizes Need for Reform

DNA Testing Proves Houston Man's Innocence in 1985 Rape; Case Highlights Serious Problems with Forensic Science

New Report Shows that Cameron Todd Willingham, Executed in Texas in 2004, Was Innocent

Texas Senate Passes Bill that Would Significantly Weaken Investigations by the Texas Forensic Science Commission

Cornelius Dupree Fully Exonerated After Serving 30 Years For a Dallas Rape and Robbery He Didn't Commit

Supreme Court Rules Texas Inmate Can Use Federal Civil Rights Law to Seek DNA Testing

Innocence Project Asks Texas Court to Officially Exonerate Michael Morton of the 1987 Murder of His Wife

Dallas Man Cleared After Serving Nearly 31 Years For a Rape DNA and Other Evidence Prove He Didn’t Commit

Texas Court Rules There Is Probable Cause to Believe Former District Attorney Violated State Law in Michael Morton Prosecution

Judge Orders Court of Inquiry into Possible Prosecutorial Misconduct That Contributed to Michael Morton's Wrongful Murder Conviction

Cameron Todd Willingham: Posthumous Pardon Filing Documents

Cameron Todd Willingham's Surviving Relatives Petition for Posthumous Pardon 20 Years After Conviction

Texas Man Cleared of 1981 Murder That DNA Proves He Didn't Commit

Innocence Project Seeks DNA Testing For Texas Death Row Inmate Larry Swearingen Who Is Facing A February 27 Execution Date

Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck Responds to Montgomery County District Attorney's Flawed Proposal for DNA Testing for Larry Swearingen

Michael Morton Prosecutor Will Face Criminal Charges for Withholding Evidence

As More States Weigh Improving Lineups, New Innocence Project Report Shows Extent of the Problem and Effectiveness of Reform