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Some CNY news from DC. There have been at least 4 DNA exonerations of innocent prisoners already this year. Two in Texas, one in Georgia and one in Cayuga county. Roy Brown's case is crazy -- a lot of the errors are typical to wrongful convictions, such as inadequate defense lawyers, shoddy forensics and lack of access to post-conviction DNA testing. Brown ended up solving the case and finding the real killer all by himself, which is also a tragically common occurance. The Innocence Project helped free him and has the summary of his case.
There was also a story on ABC news about children in Iraq. There are a number of quotes from a guy I work with -- Jon Powers, native of Buffalo and founder of War Kids Relief.
They are interesting reads -- even if you aren't as bored as I am!
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