Via TalkLeft, comes this story from the Dallas Morning News:
Gregory Wallis finally allowed himself to be overcome by the moment Monday morning as a judge faced him and apologized for the 18 years he spent locked away.[...]
Mr. Wallis spent nearly two decades declaring his innocence to anyone who’d listen, but it took two different DNA tests spanning more than a year to finally force the jail doors open.
“You should not be incarcerated ” not a moment longer,” District Judge John Creuzot said before granting him a personal recognizance bond while his attorneys pursue a legal process that would have him officially declared innocent and pardoned.
This would be an example of part of the rationale for my stance on the death penalty — if we’re going to have one, a higher standard of proof should be required. There are just too many examples of folks having been found innocent after their initial convictions.