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Kevin Johnson writes, "Reality show on DNA exoneration stirs ethics issues," for USA Today.For the first time, reality TV will explore the growing use of DNA evidence to exonerate the wrongly convicted, in a series that is raising ethical questions before its first episode airs this month.Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, who has assisted in the release of 10 wrongly convicted men since taking office in 2007, says the goal of Dallas DNA, scheduled for launch on Investigation Discovery on cable April 28, is to "make justice better by showing the good, the bad and the ugly."Some legal analysts say the series could exploit the suffering of victims ? including the wrongly convicted ? in the name of entertainment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).