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		<title>Death Sentence Commuted</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/09/death-sentence-commuted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not in Texas of course but this is still great news! Just received this alert from the TCADP. Great news!  Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of Kevin
Keith to life without parole.  Here’s an excerpt from his statement:

“… despite the evidence supporting his guilt and the substantial legal review of Mr.
Keith’s conviction, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Claims Innocence</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/man-claims-innocence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wrongful Imprisonment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A man has been arrested in a 27 year old case where a cop was murdered. The man arrested swears he did not do it and has never killed anyone. What if he is telling the truth and we are celebrating setting so many wrongfully convicted people free while we convict another one? This will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watkins Changes Stance &#8211; Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Death Penalty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dallascandobetter.org/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I read this article and maybe because I am multitasking and was on a phone call at the same time I didn&#8217;t quite get but it seemed a little wishy washy to me. Basically he was kind of against but it was the law so he sought in some cases and now he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Abuse in Prison is on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/sexual-abuse-in-prison-is-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prison Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new report released today by the Department of Justice&#8217;s Bureu of Statistics reports of sexual abuse by prisoners is on the rise and the report found that most of the abuse  has been at the hands of guards rather than the commonly held assumption that most abuse is incurred from fellow inmates. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocate Groups Calling for Investigation of Texas Youth Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/advocate-groups-calling-for-investigation-of-texas-youth-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/advocate-groups-calling-for-investigation-of-texas-youth-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prison Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is very troubling to hear that things 4 different organizations are calling for an investigation of the Texas Youth Commission. The commission made some changes 4 years ago after investigations found abuse to rampant. New managers are in place and the youth population was decreased. The new call for investigations comes amid concerns that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I AM TROY DAVIS</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/i-am-troy-davis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Death Penalty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So sad and disappointing. Yesterday a federal judge ruled that Davis had not proven his innocence after two days of testimony concluded where witnesses recanted their original statements that they had seen him in the parking lot of the fast food restaurant as the killer. Some said their original testimony was under police coercion others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death Penalty Speaker Series at SMU</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/death-penalty-speaker-series-at-smu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/death-penalty-speaker-series-at-smu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Death Penalty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dallascandobetter.org/?p=975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern Methodist University Embrey Human Rights Program
with
The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility
Presents Death Penalty Matters:  Fall 2010 Series
Thursday, September 16 &#8211; 7:00 p.m.  Up Close and Personal: Defending Against the Death Penalty
Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative
McCord Auditorium / Dallas Hall 306
Thursday, September 23 &#8211; 7:00 p.m.The Experience of Families [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Sentencing</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/alternative-sentencing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/alternative-sentencing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prison Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dallas is allowing some with sentences of 30-180 days to serve their time at home with the help of an ankle monitor. Offenders are allowed t attend school or work but must be home when not participating in one of those activities. According to this DMN article the DA&#8217;s office is not supportive of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painful Lasers to Breakup Prison Fights?</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/painful-lasers-to-breakup-prison-fights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/painful-lasers-to-breakup-prison-fights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prison Reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dallascandobetter.org/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand it sounds like it could be good as the premise is that less injuries will occur if fights are broken up more quickly but then there does seem to be a lot of room for misuse and abuse but that seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA is Fallible?</title>
		<link>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/dna-is-fallable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dallascandobetter.org/2010/08/dna-is-fallable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wrongful Imprisonment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dallascandobetter.org/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Uh oh- what if the new miracle in forensic science turns out to not be what it seems? DNA has been hailed as the key to freedom for many wrongfully convicted individuals although there are many cases where DNA simply does not play a role. Could there be cases where DNA has actually led to [...]]]></description>
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