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16 Sep 2010, 4:16 pm by Bruce Korol
  Here's Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas on the story: Ms. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 5:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Lately, attorneys like my boss Jeff Blackburn from the Innocence Project of Texas (Timothy Cole) and Barry Scheck of the national Innocence Project (Todd Willingham) have sought (with 50-50 success) to use the procedure as a truth-seeking vehicle in posthumous innocence cases. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 10:04 am
DNA cases "are the very tiniest tip of a gigantic iceberg of injustice in Texas," said Jeff Blackburn, an Amarillo civil rights attorney who also serves as chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 7:28 am by Joe Palazzolo
Blackburn, chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 12:01 pm
"Perhaps the reality that people aren't so hip on the death penalty anymore is finally getting across, even to Rick Perry," Jeff Blackburn, the founder and chief counsel of the Texas Innocence Project, told me. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 1:41 pm
Model programs from around the state: Taylor County's Indigent Defense Coordinator El Paso County's District Attorney Direct Filing Process Travis County's Mental Health Public Defender Office & Crisis Intervention Teams Lubbock County's Regional Capital Public Defender OfficesEffective Representation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions, by Jeff Blackburn of The Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
25 Feb 2012, 10:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
My boss Jeff Blackburn has called the death penalty Texas' "state religion," and in many ways I think that captures it: For the public, it's important for the same reasons the Aztecs valued ritual blood sacrifice. [read post]
5 Jan 2023, 2:22 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  I would like to thank Jeff and Jarett for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. [read post]
7 May 2009, 2:10 am
:SB 116 by Ellis/Farrar which promotes recording custodial interrogationsSB 1976 by Whitmire/Gallego expanding post-conviction writ access in cases with discredited forensicsSB 1681 by Hinojosa/Gallego requiring corroboration for jailhouse informantsSB 1847 by Hegar/Moody letting exonerated inmates access the same services as parolees when they immediately leave prison.I felt lucky my boss Jeff Blackburn and I made it out of the building before 1 a.m.; the poor folks waiting to… [read post]
29 Jun 2008, 6:57 pm
If a court finds Timothy Brian Cole was wrongfully convicted, his would be the first posthumous DNA exoneration in Texas, said Jeff Blackburn, Innocence Project of Texas chief counsel. [read post]
8 May 2008, 7:09 pm
"Jeff Blackburn, the chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas, also suggested overhauling how the courts deal with writs filed by inmates. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:24 am by Steve Hall
"We understand that Anthony Graves is innocent, and have been in contact with his lawyers, who are pursuing every available option to ensure that he is granted the restitution he deserves," she said.Graves attorney Jeff Blackburn of Amarillo said the governor's statement that Graves is innocent gives a moral boost to the effort to win compensation for him. [read post]
9 Mar 2008, 3:08 am
See also from Panhandle Truth Squad, a story about Jeff Blackburn demonstrating thta some men are born to greatness, and others have greatness "spilled upon them. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 5:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"That seems patently ridiculous to Jeff Blackburn, an Amarillo criminal defense attorney and chief counsel to the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 9:01 am
Ashutosh Bhagwat (UC Davis); Jeff Blackburn, Founder and Chief Counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas; Paul Coggins, former U.S. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:35 am by Steve Hall
" And: Towslee-Corbett didn't return my call for comment, and a spokeswoman said it's been her policy not to talk to reporters.In a small town, certain connections are expected, but Graves' counsel considered Towslee-Corbett's history with the original judge, as well as the prosecutor, a serious conflict.As one of Graves' attorneys, Jeff Blackburn, put it: "She grew up practically getting bounced on the knee of Charles Sebesta. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 11:46 pm
I'm grateful to the exonerees who came down to the capitol to tell their stories (for some, it's still difficult to go over the details), and to Tim Cole's family for allowing me to play a small role (as part of my duties with the Innocence Project of Texas) in this remarkable week for their family.Having the Cole hearing going on during the advocacy day drove home a point made repeatedly by my boss, Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas, that the police… [read post]