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...think Tim Cole's story moved a lot of people," says Lubbock, Texas, attorney Kevin Glasheen, who represents 12 men who were exonerated after serving lengthy terms for rape. "As far as the politicians go, there are a lot of Republicans who do not like abusive government power." But legislators from both parties did more than shed tears. Apart from the Tim Cole Act, they passed a second law creating a well-funded office of expert appellate lawyers to represent death-row inmates, a move to overcome the tales of sleepy defense attorneys and inept lawyering. The two new laws...
...Glasheen's 12 clients are among 38 Texas prisoners who were cleared by DNA testing thanks to the efforts of the New York-based Innocence Project. He filed federal civil rights lawsuits on behalf of his clients against several Dallas-area police departments and municipalities. Facing a long, arduous legal process, Glasheen also proposed a legislative solution to Dallas-area civic leaders. The legal fight would be expensive for both sides, Glasheen told them, and the fundamental question was one of fairness. This past spring, state senator Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat and a longtime champion of the Innocence Project...
...Glasheen, a self-described Republican from the "libertarian wing of the party," hopes new DNA testing on old evidence will free more prisoners. However, that hope is limited: Dallas County kept evidence on file, hence the large number of exonerated prisoners from that area, but evidence in Houston was lost in a flood, and smaller counties across Texas did not keep evidence once the appeals process ran out. "There's a whole bunch of guys down there who were convicted on just eyewitness identification," Glasheen says, as Cole was. There is now a national campaign to press a best-practices...
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...Pawcatuck, Conn. 72 Courtemanche, Robert A. '60 T 19 6.0 215 Methuen, Mass. 73 Hurley, Peter H. '61 G 19 5.11 185 Rumford, R.I. 74 Coffin, Howard A. '61 T 19 6.5 220 Hudson, Ohio 75 Hoover, John S. '61 T 19 6.2 205 Altoona, Pa. 76 Glasheen, John D. '59 T 21 6.1 220 N. Hampton, Mass. 77 McNeish, Peter F. '59 T 21 5.11 210 Pittsburgh, Pa. 78 Lawler, Edward E. '60 T 20 6.3 215 Alexandria, Va. 79 Budrewicz, Thomas '60 T 19 6.2 220 Greenfield, Mass. 80 Olobri, Charles L. '60 E 21 6.1 190 Pawtucket...