Texas Man Freed After 26 Years in Prison
Dallas Distict Court Judge John Creuzot, left, gives Charles Chatman a hug after leaving court Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in Dallas. Creuzot released Chatman and recommended that his rape conviction be overturned after new DNA testing that lawyers say proves his innocence. Chatman, who had been imprisoned for 26 years, is accompanied by his aunt Ethel Bradley (Tim Sharp/AP Photo)
District Attorney Craig Watkins also attributes the exonerations to a past culture of overly aggressive prosecutors seeking convictions at any cost. Watkins has started a program in which law students, supervised by the Innocence Project of Texas, are reviewing about 450 cases in which convicts have requested DNA testing.
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