It seems to me that those wrongfull convictions have more to do with a crappy District Attorney at the time
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Like many in Dallas County exonerated by DNA, Mr. Woodard was convicted during the era of District Attorney Henry Wade. Current District Attorney Craig Watkins has repeatedly said he believes that during this time, prosecutors were more focused on convictions than justice.
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A Texas legend known as ``The Chief'' around the Dallas courthouse, Wade
never lost a case he personally prosecuted.
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mmmm.no shat