Can you imagine facing indictment after being found innocent by DNA evidence? Can you further imagine being compensated for a pittance as a result of the incompetence of criminal lab technicians? Well, that is exactly what happened to a Houston man:
The Harris County district attorney has dismissed a rape indictment against Ronald Taylor, a Houston man who was freed in October after a DNA test showed he was innocent of a rape for which he spent 12 years in prison.
Mr. Taylor is the third innocent man released from prison because of mistakes made by the Houston Police Department's crime lab.
Once District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal sends a letter to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, Taylor will be eligible for up to $50,000 for each of the 12 years he spent behind bars. Rosenthal's letter probably will be sent Tuesday, said Eric Ferrero, a spokesman for the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal center that specializes in overturning wrongful convictions.
What should be the punishment for those lab workers?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Indictment Dismissed Against Innocent Houston Man
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