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5 May 2009, 11:18 pm
But then, Jeff Blackburn is a man with a lot of war stories so I'm sure for the price of a beer or two he'd be willing to elaborate. ;) [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 8:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
***For the first year or so I knew Jeff Blackburn he was mad at me. [read post]
19 May 2015, 9:34 am by SHG
Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel and one of the founders of the Innocence Project of Texas, has had enough. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 1:18 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
My friend and former employer Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas stopped by today for a 20-minute chat on the future of innocence work, flawed forensics, recording police interrogations, and indigent defense, recorded and uploaded here (wav) for anyone interested. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 6:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
My boss Jeff Blackburn from the Innocence Project of Texas was in town today for the Forensic Science Commission meeting and we sat down for a recorded chat, the second-ever Grits podcast, fwiw. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 3:24 am
(I'm not the only person in in a similar situation thanks to Bernie Madoff: The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition was forced to make layoffs recently for the same reason, with victims including my friend Isela Gutierrez, their juvenile justice advocate, according to an announncement sent out by email last week.)This latest bout of unplanned unemployment is an unfortunate setback, but recent events have placed the loss in perspective and I've still got a lot for which to be grateful.I wanted… [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:38 am by SHG
But Jeff Blackburn found a legal loophole. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 8:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
My boss from the Innocence Project of Texas, Jeff Blackburn, chaired the committee that developed these new performance standards, and yesterday I asked him about them as a test-run for Grits' first-ever podcast (around 9 minutes). [read post]
26 Apr 2009, 12:01 am
(The reporter is not related to Jeff Blackburn, the Innocence Project of Texas attorney who represented Cole's family in his recent, posthumous exoneration.) [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 8:44 am by WIMS
(WIMS) Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet Jeff Dauphin, President Interlochen, MI 49643 E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com Environmental Business Portal: http://www.ecobizport.com BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/ [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 1:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
”The piece includes this quote from my boss Jeff Blackburn at the Innocence Project of Texas: “The real cause of unlawful convictions in Texas is indigent defense. ... [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 5:24 am by SHG
”  This was more than Jeff Blackburn could stomach. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 6:22 am by SHG
  If you don’t want Jeff Blackburn saying you’re the “real cause” of innocent defendants being convicted, then do better. [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 10:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Michael Landauer at the Dallas News wrote a telling post reacting to Jeff Blackburn's lament on Grits while I was gone about why eyewitness ID reforms, which seem obvious to anyone paying attention, can't seem to gain traction. [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 1:36 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
My boss Jeff Blackburn testified about the arson review that the Innocence Project of Texas is performing with the state fire marshal (which is a topic that earned Jeff few new friends when he spoke yesterday at a statewide conference of fire investigators that's currently happening in Austin).The FSC has no shortage of critics. [read post]
30 Apr 2008, 11:39 pm
I spent yesterday afternoon with Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas, who was in Austin to visit with legislators and media about James Lee Woodard, an innocent man who spent 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. [read post]
11 May 2008, 1:51 am
You have to wonder if that's because our investigators aren't all using valid forensic science when they make their accusations.No wonder Jeff Blackburn thinks arson cases may be the next big venue for innocence claims in Texas. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 4:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Kicking off Flawed Forensic Science Week, here's a notable excerpt from an op ed in the Houston Chronicle ("It's time to ban junk science from Texas courtrooms," Oct. 2) from Jeff Blackburn, Gary Udashen and Cory Session (Timothy Cole's half brother) from the Innocence Project of Texas on the need to ferret junk science out of Texas courtrooms and redress wrongful convictions from the past:There are few things more convincing to a jury than scientific… [read post]