| Abstract: | On Independence Day 2008, the Associated Press distributed astory about a Texas man released from prison after serving fifteenyears. He was the nineteenth Dallas County man since 2001 shownto be innocent by DNA evidence ("DNA Clears Texan," Iowa CityPress-Citizen, July 4, 2008: 7A). This was the highest numberof any county in the nation. Wrongful conviction is, however,not limited to Dallas County, TX, nor is exoneration alwaysthe result of DNA tests. Just five days earlier, The Des MoinesRegister had published a front-page story about a man spendinghis twelfth year in an Iowa prison. He had been convicted inDes Moines's Polk County of a 1996 murder, but the many redflags in the case finally warranted a hearing and a possiblereversal of |
