Eyewitness Identification Resources
Best Practice Recommendations
Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement
American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section: Report to the House of Delegates
IACP Training Keys (Key #600, Eyewitness Identification…
Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit
In response to the wave of Texas wrongful convictions, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on June 3, 2008, announced the establishment of the Texas…
Read More »Larry Fuller
Larry Fuller spent over 18 years in prison, after being wrongfully convicted of aggravated rape in 1981.He was convicted as the result of an erroneous…
Read More »Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger
Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger each spent 12 years in prison for a rape and murder they did not commit. Ochoa, after hours of questioning,…
Read More »Inadequate Discovery in Texas
Discovery is the formal process by which the prosecution discloses evidence to the attorney for accused. This exchange provides a basic foundation for accuracy and…
Read More »Investigating Wrongful Convictions
Texas has a responsibility to investigate serious miscarriages of justice so that they are not repeated. Unfortunately, Texas has no official mechanism for investigating wrongful…
Read More »Texas Summit on Wrongful Convictions
On May 8, 2008, State Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) held a summit in Austin to find legal responses to the systemic problems in the Texas…
Read More »Support for Innocence Commissions in Texas
Innocence Commissions and other mesures to promote better government oversight of the Texas criminal justice system have received widespread support . Earlier this year, State Senator Rodney…
Read More »Forensic Science Failures in Texas
Investigative journalists and independent audits have exposed serious problems with the crime labs in Texas. These crime lab problems — ranging from loss and contamination…
Read More »Texas Wrongful Convictions
Texas currently leads the nation in wrongful convictions exposed by DNA. To date, 38 people have had their convictions overturned in Texas as a result…
Read More »A Reform Agenda for Texas
The Justice Project is focused on three main goals in Texas designed to fight the epidemic of wrongful convictions and to increase fairness and accuracy…
Read More »TX: Important Reforms Passed
Austin, Texas (June 22, 2007) - The 2007 Texas legislative session ended recently with two significant victories for The Justice Project and our allies. The…
Read More »The Office of Capital Writs
The Office of Capital Writs would be in charge of providing adequate appellate defense for state habeas corpus appeals. It would serve as a substitute…
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