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6 Feb 2011, 10:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rodney Ellis' "Innocence Protection Package": "Ellis' bills include many of the [Timothy Cole Advisory] panel's suggestions, including uniform procedures for eyewitness identification, requiring investigators to record interrogations in serious felonies, streamlining defendants' appeals for DNA testing, and reorganizing Texas' indigent defense task force. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 10:26 am
Panelists will include: Texas State Senator Rodney EllisCraig Watkins, Dallas County District AttorneyCarroll Pickett ¸ Texas Death Row chaplain, featured in "At the Death House Door"Award Winning Filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert, Kartemquin FilmsAward winning Chicago Tribune Journalists Maurice Possley and Steve MillsGinger Anders, Co-Counsel in the Supreme Court case addressing the legality of lethal injectionDavid Oshinsky, Pulitzer-Prize winning author… [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 7:47 am by Steve Hall
Rodney Ellis, Barry Scheck of the Innocence PRoject and Tim Cole's brother shared their best arguments on Skinner's behalf with our readers: Science proved Timothy Cole's innocence 10 years too late. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 6:44 am
Senator Rodney Ellis will address pending reform legislation that responds directly to the systemic flaws identified in the wrongful conviction cases. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 7:56 am by Steve Hall
Senate Bill122 is one of the recommendations of the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 8:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rodney Ellis is carrying the companion bill in the Senate.Nationally, false confessions occurred in about 25% of cases resulting in DNA exonerations. [read post]
16 May 2011, 7:44 am by Steve Hall
And: A pair of similar bills in the Texas Legislature - SB 1835 by Rodney Ellis, D-Houston; and HB 115 by Ruth McClendon, D-San Antonio - would change that. [read post]
22 May 2012, 11:54 am by Steve Hall
The rape victim in the case was shown Cole's picture repeatedly until she selected it, and a police officer congratulated her for her selection. [read post]
28 May 2009, 12:00 am
Rodney Ellis carried the bill in the capitol's eastern chamber.HB 498 was scaled back to a study whether an innocence commission should be created in order to mollify concerns from the Governor and others about creating a new bureaucracy. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 11:22 am by Michael Markarian
Lawmakers voting no on the amendment:  Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ),  Kay Granger (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jaime Herrera Buetler (R-WA), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Scott Rigell (R-VA), Martha Roby (R-AL), Hal Rogers (R-KY), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Chris… [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 9:14 am by Steve Hall
State Senator Rodney Ellis, a Democrat who has led the push for criminal justice changes, said the governor should not be given too much credit for declining to veto legislation. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 6:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rodney Ellis is carrying the first two on the senate side, while Senate Criminal Justice Chairman John Whitmire has filed a companion bill to HB 220. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 10:16 am by Jennifer Laurin
In my second post boldly offering my views for a path forward to members of the newly activated Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission, I'll expand on the brief suggestion made in my first post, that the TCERC take a "systems approach" to its work. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 1:06 pm by Steve Hall
Patrick O’Burke; crime victims including Michele Mallin, who mistakenly identified Timothy Cole, who was posthumously pardoned this year by Governor Rick Perry; legislators, including Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis; and death row exonerees including Anthony Graves, who was freed from Texas’ death row in October after new evidence proved his innocence. [read post]
24 Jun 2018, 3:38 am by SHG
In a remarkable display of studious avoidance, Cole glosses over the issue, the one and only issue, on the table. [read post]