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17 Apr 2008, 4:27 am
Dallas County (Texas) District Attorney Craig Watkins shared some interesting thoughts on the death penalty with the Dallas Morning News yesterday:"I sit here and I see the worst, the worst of what humans can do. [read post]
1 May 2008, 4:19 pm
A recent Dallas Morning News editorial applauded District Attorney Craig Watkins for agreeing to scrutinize non-DNA case. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 4:02 am
Watkins and his Conviction Integrity Unit chief Mike Ware also deserve a lot of credit for owning up to past mistakes and trying to make things right.Speaking of prosecutors, if six times in the last two years convictions in Dallas were voided because exculpatory evidence wasn't disclosed, I'm curious how many of the prosecutors involved were disciplined as a result by the state bar? [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
“I’m getting older,” Spencer said during a recent interview at the Coffield prison unit where he turned 50 in December. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 7:26 am
"He won't be the last," Watkins assured me, shaking his head as though in disbelief.Sometimes, I guess, the wheels of justice turn slowly, but I'm glad they're turning! [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 11:08 pm
I'm not sure the same strictures need apply to public defenders, who hold no similar leverage with which to extract contributions. [read post]
8 May 2008, 2:36 am
I'd missed the outstanding news, found via the Eyewitness ID Blog, that Dallas prosecutor Mike Ware (who's spearheading DA Craig Watkins efforts along with the Innocence Project of Texas to identify and reverse wrongful past convictions) now wants to make double blind photo lineups mandatory. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 1:52 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins agreed Tuesday morning to overturn the convictions of Stanley O. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 4:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The recanting ME reminds me a bit of another recent capital case where the ME changed testimony, but the CCA majority decided they didn't care.Craig Watkins stonewalling Dallas NewsDallas DA Craig Watkins' decision to ice out the Dallas Morning News, which covers the activities of his office on a daily basis, is one of the most childish and bone-headed moves I've seen from a politician in many a year. [read post]
5 May 2008, 8:50 am
(Archive footage of Watkins speaking at rally) Pelley:  When he took office last year, Craig Watkins became the first Black district attorney in the history of Texas. [read post]
23 May 2012, 3:15 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Acevedo: I’m not an attorney, but if I’ve got information that is exculpatory, I have a moral obligation to— Siegler: “Exculpatory” is an easy word to use, but we’re talking about inconsistent evidence, mitigating evidence—that too. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 1:27 pm
"It's not saying I'm putting a moratorium on the death penalty," said Mr. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 8:44 am
With apologies and regrets to Murray and others who lost their jobs, I can't say I'm sorry to see the winds of change blowing at the Harris County DA's office. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 5:08 am
. 'I'm sorry that happened to you, man,' Craig Watkins, the county's new district attorney, told Waller. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 9:02 am
Newly sworn-in Dallas DA Craig Watkins has promised not to block requests for DNA testing in future cases (he already agreed to DNA testing in another case, which helped lead to a speedy exoneration) like the previous DA had, and to look into the root causes of the wrongful convictions. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 4:00 am by Kimberly A. Kralowec
Panelists: Craig Corbitt, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP-San Francisco, CA Dan Wall, Latham & Watkins LLP-San Francisco, CA Kimberly A. [read post]