Two exonerated men from Dallas set to be freed
Two men wrongly convicted of capital murder 12 years ago were expected to be free again today. Claude Simmons Jr., 54, and Christopher Scott, 39, received life sentences in the 1997 murder of Alfonso Aguilar. Another man has now confessed to the crime, and Simmons and Scott were scheduled to be released....
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- News Source: The Dallas Morning News | about 1 month agoSimmons and Scott said they probably wouldn't have been in the courtroom Friday to bask in the cheers, applause and pats on the back from friends and relatives if not for Ellis and other students from the University of Texas at Arlington's little-...
- News Source: Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns | about 1 month agoTwo Dallas men, freed Friday after serving 12½ years in prison for a murder they did not commit, are the first inmates to be exonerated with help from the University of Texas Center for Actual Innocence. Applause filled the Dallas courtroom as...
- News Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram | about 1 month agoA packed Dallas County courtroom erupted in joyous shouts and applause Friday as two men wrongly convicted of capital murder 12 years ago were set free. Claude Simmons Jr., 54, and Christopher Scott, 39, had been serving life sentences for the 1997...
- News Source: Houston Chronicle | about 1 month agoTwo men wrongly convicted of capital murder 12 years ago were expected to be free again today. Claude Simmons Jr., 54, and Christopher Scott, 39, received life sentences in the 1997 murder of Alfonso Aguilar. Another man has now confessed to the...
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- Blog Source: gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.comA confession by a man already in prison for another crime will lead to the exoneration of two men wrongly convicted for a 1997 capital murder, the Dallas County district attorney's office said today. Hardy, 39, has been in prison since ...
- Blog Source: cbs11tv.com"The hard work and cooperation between DPD and the District Attorney's office have made this possible," said Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. "This is a huge step forward for justice. Two innocent men will be exonerated ...
- Blog Source: blogs.dallasobserver.comOn Friday, 54-year-old Claude Alvin Simmons Jr. and 39-year-old Christopher Shun Scott will be free men for the first time since being wrongly sent to prison in October 1997 for the robbery and murder of Alfonso Aguilar. Two other men will take
- Blog Source: www.dallasjustice.comJustice has been victorious all because of the hard work of students involved with both (1) UT-Austin's Texas Center for Actual Innocence and (2) the Innocence.
- Blog Source: floridainnocence.orgThe University of Texas at Arlington Innocence Network and the Actual Innocence Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin are happy now to see their hard work paying off in the possible exoneration of these two men who have been imprisoned ... 2008
- Blog Source: www.uta.eduSomething kept gnawing at Natalie Ellis about a Dallas County case that eventually led to the exoneration of two men who were wrongly convicted in 1997.
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