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I thought I'd take a moment to point Grits readers to several fascinating stories I might blog about if I had more time:By the Numbers. Doc Berman provides links to loads of fresh data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics about prisons, probation and parole.Payback. In Austin, the city settled a lawsuit with the family of Daniel Rocha, an unarmed suspect who was shot to death by Austin police, for $1 millionClosure and Transparency. At the Travis County jail, an inmate's family is trying to find out how he died in county custody, demonstrating once again why Texas' open record statutes need to be (re)strengthened for investigations that don't result in prosecution.Exonerated. Pegasus News has an interview with Dallas DNA exoneree Stephen Phillips, who was one of the men whose DNA tests were denied by former DA Bill Hill and the courts before Craig Watkins took office in 2006 and reversed the decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).