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28 Jul 2014, 9:08 am
This week, the office of Craig Watkins, the Dallas County district attorney, announced that Phillips, 57, was going to join their ranks. [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]
9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm
If the board or Abbott denies his request, Spencer could be running out of chances. ...Dozens have written to the parole board in support of Spencer’s pardon, including lawmakers and exonerees who served time with him.But the letter that could have the most impact is from Craig Watkins, who served as Dallas County’s district attorney for eight years before leaving office Dec. 31.Watkins had opposed Spencer in the 2007 hearing before Magnis. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 9:29 am
”Craig Primis. [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 6:53 am
I've been writing a lot this week and still need to work up my notes from this morning's TYC State of the Agency briefing in Austin, but here are a few criminal justice stories that may interest Grits readers:Not every timeDallas District Attorney Craig Watkins has supported more innocence claims than any other DA in the country, but he's opposing a new trial for a defendant where he disagrees the man was innocent.Lege encourage incarceration alternativesSee the… [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 6:09 am
Thanks to StandDown Texas Project, I saw this great column from Craig Watkins, the district attorney of Dallas County, advocating a "smart on crime" philosophy for the criminal justice system. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 10:32 am
Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins had a column in the Dallas News (Jan. 7) yesterday reflecting on his first year in office. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 9:45 am
Select prosecutors nationwide, from Craig Watkins in Dallas County to Cyrus Vance in New York, have established units to investigate possible wrongful convictions cases and ensure that justice has been served in their communities. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 10:31 am
People like Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins, who was on television this week here in Dallas to answer some questions about what the Post has revealed (watch him on video here). [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 1:52 pm
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins agreed Tuesday morning to overturn the convictions of Stanley O. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 12:59 pm
To me, the two most interesting partisan* races on the November ballot in Texas have to be the contests for District Attorney in the state's two largest counties.Craig Watkins under fireGlad to see Dallas DA Craig Watkins standing firm against police union backlash versus his decision that the DA's Office would henceforth investigate all police shootings in his jurisdiction. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 12:43 pm
Without a doubt, creation of the nation's first Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) at a District Attorney's office was the most important legacy of former Dallas DA Craig Watkins' brief but eventful career as a Texas prosecutor. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 7:21 am
In Dallas, where I'd already thought the race would be close, Gromer Jeffers at the Dallas News reported that challenger Susan Hawk has out-fundraised Craig Watkins roughly 5-1 and is running TV ads, which are "a rarity for a countywide race, and will be following up with direct mail and other contacts to nudge voters to go to the polls. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 9:41 am
Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins' steps to see that justice is served is a welcome contrast to antics by the Attorney General of Alabama. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:37 pm
Here are several stories that deserve Grits readers attention heading into the new year, several of which involve big-city DAs:Deserved kudosThe Dallas Morning News named Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins its "Texan of the Year," calling him a "transformational figure who has made a name not by securing convictions, but by clearing the way for them to be overturned. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 8:09 am
" This summer, a federal judge ruled the lawsuit could move forward.Audit: Craig Watkins misspent asset forfeiture fundsTo the surprise of no one, the state auditor just released a report declaring that former Dallas County DA Craig Watkins misspent asset forfeiture funds to pay off a civil settlement from a car accident, private attorneys fees, and other dubious expenses.Death sentence declineAccording to the Texas Tribune, "Texas is on track to see… [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 8:07 am
Scripps News Service posted a feature yesterday by Isaac Wolf titled, "Dallas leads the way in addressing wrongful convictions," crediting outgoing Dallas DA Craig Watkins and former police chief David Kunkle in particular for implementing science-based eyewitness identification standards before the Texas Legislature required departments to create such policies. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 5:30 pm
You can definitely excuse a lawyer for feeling a little smug and self-satisfied under those circumstances.But it's an even bigger day when that attorney publicly gives props to his paralegal, as Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins did this week, while waiting on the release of his newly exonerated client, Stephen Brodie, who was cleared of the 1990 sexual assault on a 5-year old girl.Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins...chatted with… [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 4:59 am
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]
17 Feb 2007, 9:13 am
But we do know that Craig Watkins has. [read post]
