Exoneration /tags/exoneration Exoneration en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:35:17 GMT This Texas Prison Exoneree Is Fighting To Free Other Innocent Inmates /texas/2018-04-27/this-texas-prison-exoneree-is-fighting-to-free-other-innocent-inmates From Texas Standard.Christopher Scott was sentenced to life in prison in 1997 for capital murder. He spent more than a dozen years behind bars before� Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:35:17 GMT /texas/2018-04-27/this-texas-prison-exoneree-is-fighting-to-free-other-innocent-inmates Laura Rice Between A Vacated Sentence And 'Actual Innocence,' A Houston Man Remains In Limbo /texas/2017-12-28/between-a-vacated-sentence-and-actual-innocence-a-houston-man-remains-in-limbo From Texas Standard.Innocent until proven guilty is a core principle of the U.S. legal system. But what happens when you’re no longer considered guilty,� Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:27:13 GMT /texas/2017-12-28/between-a-vacated-sentence-and-actual-innocence-a-houston-man-remains-in-limbo Jill Ament Texas Pays Wrongfully Convicted Inmates More Than Any Other State. But Can It Keep That Up? /texas/2017-10-23/texas-pays-wrongfully-convicted-inmates-more-than-any-other-state-but-can-it-keep-that-up From Texas Standard:Texas� reputation as a law-and-order state often overshadows the fact that the state leads the nation in some aspects of criminal� Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:22:16 GMT /texas/2017-10-23/texas-pays-wrongfully-convicted-inmates-more-than-any-other-state-but-can-it-keep-that-up Jill Ament Updated: Texas Man Cleared by DNA Gets Posthumous Degree /texas/2015-03-10/updated-texas-man-cleared-by-dna-gets-posthumous-degree Update March 10, 2015 9:45 a.m. Texas Tech University's Board of Regents voted Friday to award an honorary degree to Timothy Cole. The Associated Press� Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:41:52 GMT /texas/2015-03-10/updated-texas-man-cleared-by-dna-gets-posthumous-degree Report: Texas Led Nation in Exonerations Last Year /crime-justice/2014-02-04/report-texas-led-nation-in-exonerations-last-year Texas exonerated more prisoners � 13 � than any other state last year.A report out today shows a nationwide push by prosecutors to re-examine possible� Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:14:04 GMT /crime-justice/2014-02-04/report-texas-led-nation-in-exonerations-last-year KUT Staff Texas Lawmakers Push for Exoneration Commission Bill /politics/2013-04-22/texas-lawmakers-push-for-exoneration-commission-bill On Tuesday, the Texas House will vote on HB 166, a bill that would create the Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission.This so-called innocence� Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:59:54 GMT /politics/2013-04-22/texas-lawmakers-push-for-exoneration-commission-bill