All it takes is a few keystrokes to change your life. Too many stories like this out of the Lone Star State.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_re_us/scotus_...TW1tI.4X6.xaJmCs0NUE

so to make everyone happy, we should give the gitmo detainees their day in texas court, where rules can be ignored.....and guilt can be guarenteed

There is a constitutional professor in these parts(Texas) that wholeheartedly agreed with the Supreme Courts ruling, he even stated "the Texas courts dropped the ball on this one". I happen to agree with him.

But instead of bashing Texas shouldn't it be a case of the system worked?

Later

Cliff

Texas justice has a poor record for convicting the innocent. Stories out of Dallas of late are downright scary. The famous episode on 60 minutes about Lenell Geter is the most infamous example.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926416,00.html

I'll try to be fair and include some Louisiana and Massachusetts examples in the future, but you've got to admit, Texas sure is good for it.

Cliff,

The system worked only after it ruined the guys life. yes, mistakes happen but they seem to happen in some places more than others. No state is squeaky clean when it comes to dropping the ball like this.

agreed,

You should see how the Harris county crime lab is being-and rightfully-accused of shoddy work and there are hundreds of cases under review because of this, and yes there are people getting released.

Hooligan,
You aint just a kiddin they ruined this guys life and he should recieve compensation. Sad news is it won't be much. An alleged rapist who served SIXTEEN YEARS and was wrongly convicted then exonerated by you guessed it DNA was offered a paltry 250,000 dollars for time served. What a bunch of BS!

that's why prosecutors should be appointed and not elected in my humble opinion.

later

cliff

Texas justice has a poor record for convicting the innocent

CASTLE DOCTRINE