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Emotional pair of DNA exonerations argue for changing eyewitness ID procedures

This weekend in Fort Worth at a training event sponsored by the Innocence Project of Texas (for whom I'm employed as a consultant) and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, I had the privilege of meeting some of the people whose stories were highlighted in recent Grits posts about DNA exoneration cases.Johnnie Lindsey was released Friday after spending nearly 26 years in prison on a false conviction for rape. He's a quiet, gentle and somewhat fragile-looking man who underwent chemotherapy treatments for cancer while in prison. Lindsey speaks with the commitment and humility of a cancer survivor about the value of a second chance, and pledged to work toward the release of other innocent people in prison now that he's out.Lindsey's quick to flash a smile, and he lit up when I asked him if he'd gotten to see any family yet...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).