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Innocence Project of Texas
Mission Statement

The Innocence Project of Texas is a network of organizations created

◊ to identify, investigate and document claims of actual innocence;
◊ to work to exonerate those persons who have been wrongfully convicted;
◊ to educate students, citizens and public officials about wrongful convictions, how they occur and how they can be prevented;
◊ to advocate for criminal justice system reforms to prevent wrongful convictions and achieve justice; and
◊ to assist the wrongfully convicted with their adjustment back into society.
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Because there are too many folks like Mr. Charles Chatman who deserve a scientifically comprehensive day in court.

Investigative journalist, Chris Hansen on why he wrote a book about his "To Catch a Predator" experiences: "I had amassed a lot of critical information from these investigations that we just didn't have to explore on the show. That's why I wanted write the book. I had looked into the eyes of more than 200 potential predators, read their chat logs, talked to some of the smartest people in child advocacy, law enforcement, psychiatry, the wives of predators and even parents who thought they were doing everything right and still had their child victimized. I wanted to distill that information in a meaningful way for parents. I also wanted to initiate an important discussion about treatment and punishment which our society needs to have."

The beginning of this paper reads much like the standard "Nature v. Nurture" arguments that have been done to death. That is, until one reaches the sixth paragraph...

From the page: "While the foregoing analysis portrays the serial killer as a lost, lonely, abused little child, another theory, based on the same information, gives an entirely different view. In this analysis the killer is indeed rejected by his family but only after being repeatedly defiant, sneaky, and threatening. As verbal lies and destructiveness increase, the parents give the child the distance he seems to want in order to maintain a small amount of domestic peace (Samenow 13). This interpretation suggests that the killer shapes his parents much more that his parents shape him. It also denies that the media can influence a child's mind and turn him into something that he doesn't already long to be. Since most children view similar amounts of violence, the argument goes, a responsible child filters what he sees and will not resort to criminal activity no matter how acceptable it seems to be (Samenow 15 - 18). In 1930, the noted psychologist Alfred Adler seemed to find this true of any criminal. As he put it, "With criminals it is different: they have a private logic, a private intelligence. They are suffering form a wrong outlook upon the world, a wrong estimate of their own importance and the importance of other people" (qtd. in Samenow 20)."

Claim: Parking lot carjackers are placing flyers on the rear windshields of automobiles then taking the cars when drivers step out of their vehicles to remove the flyers.

Status: False.
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I can't believe this one is making the rounds again. Still, it illustrates a safety risk that many might otherwise take for granted.

From the page: "Illinois 8-Year-Old Finds Bag of Marijuana in McDonald's Happy Meal"

Now, that's one Happy F*cking Meal!

"'To be honest, you don't expect that,' [the child's father] told FOX Chicago affiliate WFLD-TV."

[sarcasm] Gee, do ya think?!? [/sarcasm]

Another piece of crap from my inbox. This time the bottom of this tripe fest included a blurb stating that our beloved snopes.com verified its truth. I don't give a stinking rat's ass about Hillary. The two-faced harridan is never getting my vote, regardless. I just cannot believe how many people are too damned lazy to double check alleged sources. If nothing more, this should be done to preserve one's personal credibility. **sheesh** /me rolls eyes

150 years on the taxpayers' bill? Bullets are more economical, practical, and plentiful.
Death by firing squad. Now. I volunteer to perform this vital public service.
Nothing will ever be just compensation for what his victims suffered.

Oh, hell NO!!! The sonofabitch stole enough work from better code wranglers than himself to build his empire. Then he had the audacity to put many of his victims on his own ersatz "most wanted" list when they retaliated in some way that was significant to him. WFT would he do to American citizenry at large? /me shudders to think. But hey- it's still OUR world.