Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins—a former defense attorney—has garnered national headlines for his efforts to uncover wrongful convictions in his jurisdiction. He's actively working with the Innocence Project and with Dallas defense attorneys to seek out possible injustices perpetrated by his predecessors in the DA's office.
A new series on Investigation Discovery, part of the Discovery Channel's lineup of networks, will profile Watkins' efforts. Preview below.

http://reason.com/blog/show/132540.html

thanks for that, I get the discovery channel over here on sky so I will look out for it.xx

I have a you tube clip where the DA is stating just that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=iWjjs8m8_Bk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=95PpzN9_q_Q

This is awesome news.

Thank you for that, it is very good news that finally the media are going to air this subject, and not before time! No doubt the programme will be shown in Europe later in the year, and I for one will be eagerly awaiting it. In the meantime, I am sure all of us from across the pond would be very grateful if you could give us a brief synopsis of how it comes across?


It is also in todays USA Today,

http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...lity-dna_N.htm (http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2009-04-12-reality-dna_N.htm)

Reality show on DNA exoneration stirs ethics issues

For the first time, reality TV will explore the growing use of DNA evidence to exonerate the wrongly convicted, in a series that is raising ethical questions before its first episode airs this month.