In 2008, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court, established the Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit to examine the causes of wrongful conviction in the state of Texas. The unit is comprised of a range of criminal justice stakeholders, representing government, academia, and the criminal justice community. In 2009, the Texas legislature passed a bill establishing The Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Conviction to assist the Task Force on Indigent Defense. The Task Force will perform a study regarding the causes of wrongful conviction; procedures and programs that may be implemented to prevent wrongful convictions; and the effect of state innocence-related laws in specific areas, including eyewitness identification, the recording of custodial interrogations, post-conviction access to DNA testing, and writs of habeas corpus based on scientific evidence. The Commission will submit the report no later than January 1, 2011 to the Governor, Lt. Governor and Speaker of the House. | 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
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