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19 Dec 2016, 5:54 pm by Kerry Sheehan
Jeff Sessions, vice-chair of the transition team and Trump’s pick for Attorney General, co-sponsored a senate resolution along the same lines. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 7:59 am by Steve Hall
And: Attorneys Jeff Blackburn and Gary Udashen, who are Innocence Project of Texas board members, said filing the complaint with the forensic science commission is the first step toward clearing Cacy's name. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 8:58 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]
20 Nov 2015, 5:07 pm by Eugene Volokh
I was representing friends of the court, 19 academics, authors, ex-prosecutors, and ex-judges on all sides of the political spectrum — ranging from Professor Alan Dershowitz, Professor Nate Persily, Jeff Blackburn (Innocence Project of Texas), and former Texas Supreme Court justice Raul A. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 7:07 am by Glenn Reynolds
ANOTHER UPDATE: Jeff Mitchell’s comment is on Marsha Blackburn’s facebook page now, along with quite a few other negative responses. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 7:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I first met Vanita when she and Jeff Blackburn litigated the wrongful conviction cases arising out of the infamous Tulia drug sting and there aren't many lawyers I hold in higher esteem. [read post]
6 Apr 2021, 10:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Listen to it here:We started with a discussion of the hearing on the Texas George Floyd Act and then broke down aspects of the bill we didn't get to in Part One:Qualified Immunity, featuring interviews with Arif Panju and Keith Neely from the Institute for Justice (4:50)Corroboration in Drug Cases, featuring an interview with Innocence Project of Texas founder Jeff Blackburn (13:45)Use of Force and Duties to Intervene/Render Aid (19:29)When is Slavery Profitable? [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 1:33 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
And it presents an exciting opportunity at an historical moment when the state is about to (re)study the causes of false convictions and recommend solutions through a formal innocence commission.I appreciate the board giving me the opportunity and also support from outgoing legal counsel Jeff Blackburn, my long-time friend, who has assured me there are no hard feelings. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
He met with Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas, and the two formed an alliance that had never been attempted in any other state. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 6:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“I’m always worried that the more Tim Cole becomes a memorialized symbol, the less people will think about what we really need to do to fix the system in Texas,” said Jeff Blackburn, the founder of the Innocence Project of Texas and the lawyer who secured Cole’s exoneration.While he had no objection to honoring Cole with a degree, Blackburn said, “it does make me think about how much energy people are willing to put into something… [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 8:48 am by Steve Hall
He kept $3.5 million for his firm and paid the rest to Jeff Blackburn, the chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
2 May 2008, 12:43 pm
Sixty Minutes on Sunday will tell the story of James Lee Woodard, who was released from a Texas prison this year after doing 27 years of a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.Also featured in the piece will be Dallas County DA Craig Watkins and Innocence Project of Texas attorney Jeff Blackburn. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 6:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Three notable innocence-related stories today from the Houston Chronicle:Odds still against clearing inmatesProtocol for the wrongly convictedWaking up after a 27-year nightmareIn the first story, Jeff Blackburn from the Innocence Project of Texas says he thinks there are "thousands" of innocent people incarcerated in Texas prisons. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 12:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
But the hearing could have implications far beyond Ed Graf’s case, said Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas.He said the state’s criminal justice system is starting to come to terms with the idea that junk science contributed to a number of wrongful convictions in recent decades. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 2:15 pm
The event will consist of two discussion panels, one featuring three Texas exonerees and one featuring Michigan Congressman John Conyers, state Senator Rodney Ellis, District Attorney Craig Watkins and Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 2:47 am
This spring I worked worked for/with both lawyers being sued - Kevin Glasheen and Jeff Blackburn - and my history with Blackburn goes back to working with him on the Tulia cases around the turn of the century. [read post]