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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 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]
28 Jul 2011, 2:59 pm
Bill Young Tennessee: Marsha Blackburn Virginia: Robert J. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 10:40 am
"If the city of Lubbock really wanted to do the right thing, they would agree with us to have an open and public hearing in which all of the facts of the Cole hearing were examined and all of its implications understood," chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas Jeff Blackburn said.... [read post]
5 Jan 2023, 2:22 pm
I would like to thank Jeff and Jarett for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. [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
"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]
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]
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]
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]
14 May 2021, 6:53 am
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24 Jul 2012, 5:49 am
"That seems patently ridiculous to Jeff Blackburn, an Amarillo criminal defense attorney and chief counsel to the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 7:49 pm
For more background on the case, check out Jeff Blackburn's guest post on Grits published while I was on vacation and an excellent Texas Monthly feature by Pam Colloff.See prior, related Grits posts:Progress and its Discontents, or what I learned from an article in Texas Monthly'Scent lineup' evidence may be used in Anthony Graves capital murder caseTales from death row: Passion and intrigue marked two capital murder trialsBlog: Four of 10 worst US prosecutors in… [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:04 am
" Meanwhile, at Texas Tech a scholarship has been established in Timothy Cole's name by two former employers who I respect a lot: Jeff Blackburn, a director of the Innocence Project of Texas, and Kevin Glasheen, who has represented about a dozen wrongly convicted Texans, will donate $100,000 to create an endowment named for Timothy Brian Cole. [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]
8 Oct 2009, 11:33 pm
I haven't spoken to Jeff about this in a while, but one hopes these three men make it onto the short list if the cases against them are as weak as they appear from Dave's reporting. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:35 am
" 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]
15 Jun 2011, 12:48 pm
Defense attorney Jeff Blackburn, founder and general counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas, believes the measure (Texas House Bill 215) "standing alone, will accomplish approximately nothing. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 8:09 am
"I think Rick Perry is really getting a bum rap if and when he's being portrayed as some sort of bloodthirsty tyrant that just likes to kill people," says Jeff Blackburn, chief legal counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas, which works to overturn wrongful convictions. [read post]
27 Nov 2008, 6:31 am
"In the last decade, more than 30 prisoners in Texas and 200 nationally have been exonerated, most of them by using DNA testing to establish their innocence, said Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas, which has collaborated with the UT-Arlington project.Kudos to the Hogg Foundation and Jaimie Page at UTA for being pro-active to address a problem that didn't really exist on the scale it does now before the rise of DNA testing.Speaking of which,… [read post]
