This reminds me of a New Yorker article on the same topic (covering an even greater injustice, also in Texas -- in fact referred to in this article) http://www

This reminds me of a New Yorker article on the same topic (covering an even greater injustice, also in Texas -- in fact referred to in this article) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire