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Texas Innocence Clinics Facing Budget Cuts

By Steve Hall

"Texas Innocence Clinics Under the Budget Knife," is the news report from the newly formed Texas bureau of the Public News Service. State budget woes could spell the end of the Texas Innocence Clinics. It's expected the base budget will eliminate all funding for the project's law school programs, where students work on cases free of charge in order to gain experience. More than 40 Texans have been exonerated as a result of the students' work over the years. A panel featuring those who want to see the clinics receive priority in the budget meets today (Wednesday), hoping to get the Legislature's attention. Scott Henson, policy expert for the Innocence Project of Texas, says the clinics have been at the forefront of ensuring that innocent Texans do not languish behind bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 19, 2011 (boomark / email).