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Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions

Loaded on Dec. 2, 2015 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News December, 2015, page 48
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, State Legislation. Location: Texas.

Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions

by Matt Clarke

Legal experts in Texas are trying to iron out a wrinkle they say is an unintended consequence arising from a new law governing discovery in criminal cases, but despite the glitch, the statute has been hailed as landmark legislation aimed ...

 

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