Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Missouri Attorney General Fights to Keep Exonerated Prisoners Behind Bars - The New York Times
In Austin, Texas, Areli Escobar was convicted in the rape and fatal stabbing of a teenager in 2009, based on forensic evidence from a scandal-plagued crime lab that has since been shut down. After a judge recommended a new trial, the Austin district attorney, José Garza, a Democrat, agreed, saying that the state had used "false, misleading and unreliable DNA evidence" to convict Mr. Escobar. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, made up of nine elected judges, all Republicans, declined to overturn the conviction...
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