Kia Franklin

Today at Drum Major Institute

Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Exonerating the Innocent with Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2007 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Elected in 2006, Craig Watkins is the first African-American District Attorney in the State of Texas. Watkins has opened the criminal files of hundred of local convicts for review, ordering DNA testing for those who may have been wrongfully convicted. At the same time, Watkins has reformed procedures for eyewitnesses identifying criminal suspects so that innocent people are less likely to be positively identified. In his brief tenure as District Attorney, Watkins has already assisted with the exonerations of two wrongfully convicted men through his partnership with the Innocence Project of Texas.

Featuring
CRAIG WATKINS
Dallas District Attorney

A panel discussion on reforms New York can make to prevent innocent people from being sent to jail will feature:

Read more about the event here.

*UPDATE* Check out the liveblog here.

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