On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 166 which addresses the growing trend of wrongful convictions in Texas. Named after Timothy Cole who served 13 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, the “Tomothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission” is a  nine-member commission which investigates wrongful convictions for the purpose of singling out the core causes of exonerations. The goal of the commission is to identify problems in the criminal justice system and patterns of prosecutorial misconduct.   Research shows that the number of wrongfulRead More