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"...Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio. which creates an Innocence Commission to investigate each of Texas' growing number of..."

"...Ellis, D-Houston, renewed his quest to create a Texas Innocence Commission with the Jan. 22 filing of SB 263,..."

"...as many sessions, legislation proposing the creation of an innocence commission is up for consideration. On March 9, a..."

"...would put a two-year moratorium on executions while a commission -- akin to Illinois' Ryan Commission -- would examine..."

"...Bassett, the former chair of the state's Forensic Science Commission, there are plenty of questions left to be answered..."

"...in a house fire in Corsicana. Willingham protested his innocence until his death, by execution, in 2004...."

"...decade since legislation was first filed to create an "innocence commission" to investigate the causes of wrongful convictions in..."

"...of House Bill 166, which would create a statewide innocence commission to study cases of wrongful convictions...."

"...Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, which creates an Innocence Commission to investigate each of Texas' growing number of..."

"...Less than 72 hours before the state's Forensic Science Commission was scheduled to hear from national fire expert Craig..."

"...driver of the truck. But even though the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ruled in September that the waste..."

"...Senate Finance Committee is considering slashing the Texas Youth Commission budget by 40% to reflect its reduced size and..."

"...Flanked by state Sen. Rodney Ellis and Michael Morton, Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck announced this morning renewed efforts..."

"...while renewing the call for lawmakers to create an innocence commission to study cases of false imprisonment. A revenue-neutral..."

"...Ellis cited his recently proposed legislation to create an Innocence Commission as one example of how government can act..."

"...The Texas Forensic Science Commission voted unanimously Friday morning to move forward with a..."

"...bills -- including one mandating the creation of an "innocence commission" and crime lab oversight board and another abolishing..."

"...for a sexual assault he did not commit. The commission would be tasked with reviewing criminal cases where there..."

"...While the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct still has not yet weighed in..."

"...action on the House plan to establish a new innocence commission for the wrongfully convicted. In a statement, McClendon..."

"...to Attorney General Greg Abbott, the state's Forensic Science Commission may investigate old cases, provided it doesn't actually rely..."

"...proposed legislation -- including four bills he's dubbed his "innocence protection package," which seek to reform the eyewitness identification..."

"...Houston Police Department crime lab. Perry's pardon "based on innocence" comes on the heels of a long-awaited, unanimous pardon..."

"...an African American Cultural Heritage District by the Texas Commission on the Arts, one of seven communities to secure..."

"...is calling on state lawmakers to create a Texas Innocence Commission to review cases of wrongful imprisonment as a..."

"...received a promise from Gov. Perry that the insurance commissioner would "monitor" the fees for fairness. Overriding blistering criticism..."

"...major victories the passing of a bill creating an innocence commission to investigate wrongful convictions...."

"...against Attorney General Ken Paxton: The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a federal civil case against him...."

"...by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, to create an interim Innocence Commission to investigate the causes of wrongful conviction. SB..."

"...Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, would create an innocence commission tasked with parsing the causes of wrongful convictions,..."