Dallas Blog

This really doesn't bother me. The exonerees agreed to participate, after all, and this isn't a situation like the Dateline sex sting where the media is injecting itself into the case. They're just documentary filmmakers.

Police and DAs cooperate with media all the time to publicize arrests and convictions (e.g., calling the local TV station beforehand to let them film a raid, perp walk, etc.) - why not for exonerations?

I'd posted this in comments once before on a related post, but I feel that the link below is ---MUST SEE T.V.--- for everyone, everywhere:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/view/

And also this other episode also seems relevent, perhaps to a somewhat lesser extent, but what the heck.....

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plea/view/

I'm looking forward to seeing this, would hate to see our society go on wrongfully punishing those we can prove are innocent thru DNA testing of key peices of evidence (like rape kits). Our prison system is a necessary evil, but hope in its constructive influence lies in punishing those who clearly deserve it, and in not making the innocent despair of the system. This should be a goal of every law enforcement official in this day and age. While their hunches and keen instincts can be a strength that gives shape to the investigation, any strength unbridled becomes an obsession and a weakness. Emotions and confidence are not the measure, many agents have slept peacefully for years and looked into mirrors daily without shame, only to find out later they were dead wrong--if they were still able to accept it, some never do. Overtraining can take any person barraged with hairraising crime scenes into an internal rollercoaster that shifts from overvigilance to overconfidence to bullheadedness to aggressive pursuits and interrogations which lead to wrongful convictions. I offer a links to http://www.centurionministries.org and http://www.innocenceproject.org.

i just heard ada terri moore from dallas dna make the most appauling statement i have ever heard, she said that they sit fat people, jews, and women on juries and believe it or not they do the right thing. what in the hell is the matter with this lady? what does someones wieght or thier nationality or sex have to do with thier ability yo make the right decision? i have never heard such an outrageous statement in all of my life. never again will i watch someone who is that narrow minded again. lord help the good people of texas if this is what is representing you on tv.