A decade too late: DNA test OK'd after Texan criminal's execution

[naaman fletcher]

DALLAS, Texas -- For the second time in a year, the guilt of an inmate executed in Texas is in doubt after a judge ordered DNA testing on a strand of hair that was the only physical evidence linking a man to the murder for which he was killed 10 years ago.
Judge Paul C. Murphy ordered testing done on a 1-inch-long strand that helped prosecutors convict Claude Jones of capital murder in the 1989 shooting death of liquor store owner Allen Hilzendager near Point Blank, about 75 miles north of Houston.

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[TommyO]

1. I hope he's exonerated of the crime

Proving that an innocent man was executed for a crime that he didn't commit would be great incentive towards getting rid of the barbaric death penalty.

[gordianot]

2. Yes and who was Governor? None other than George W. Bush.