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To: LongElegantLegs

But there are 7000 capital cases waiting ~ or should be.

69 posted on 09/08/2011 5:30:25 AM PDT by muawiyah

My question is, how many innocent men are rotting in Texas prisons because the DNA was never tested.

72 posted on 09/08/2011 7:36:45 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Use it up, wear it out, make it over or do without.)

But there are 7000 capital cases waiting ~ or should be.

Just because the DNA evidence has not been tested doesn't mean there's been no action on the case...In several instances, men were tried, convicted, and sent to prison long before it's existence was even revealed to the defense. Ricardo Rachell's case comes to mind. In Gilbert Amezquita's case, the judge denied the defense's request to allow DNA evidence to be presented at court. Both these men were exonerated and freed after serving many years in TDCJ.

76 posted on 09/08/2011 8:43:07 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Use it up, wear it out, make it over or do without.)

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