Ed Graf: Jury selection begins October 6. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals awarded Graf a new trial in March 2013, ruling the scientific arson evidence used to convict him of capital murder in 1988 since has been proved faulty. Waco Tribune.

  

COUNTDOWN: 2  days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Participant's quote: New Zealand Innocence Project:  "Innocence Project New Zealand is honoured to support the inaugural Wrongful Conviction Day. We believe that this is an important initiative to celebrate the successes this movement has achieved. But this day also provides an opportunity to reflect and re-focus on the work that still needs to be done to attain justice for those who remain wrongfully incarcerated."

  
STORY: "Questionnaires to aid Ed Graf murder retrial jury selection," by reporter Tommy Witherspoon, published by the Waco Tribune on September 28, 2014.

GIST: "The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals awarded Graf a new trial in March 2013, ruling the scientific arson evidence used to convict him of capital murder in 1988 since has been proved faulty. The court declined to find Graf innocent, as his attorneys requested. Prosecutors at the time sought the death penalty, but the jury chose a life sentence instead. Because jurors chose the life term instead of a death sentence, prosecutors are precluded by law from seeking the death penalty at the retrial. The 44-question questionnaire asks prospective jurors personal information about themselves and their families, asks their experiences with police and the criminal justice system and asks if they consider themselves a leader or a supporter."

The entire story can be found at:
 

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/courts_and_trials/questionnaires-to-aid-ed-graf-murder-retrial-jury-selection/article_5c9c68c7-13d9-5196-b1f1-a7a4f9ecade5.html?mode=jqm

For background on Wrongful Conviction Day see the following link:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2014/06/wrongful-convictions-day-aidwyc.html
 
Interested participants may sign up by contacting Win Wahrer of The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted at: winwahrer@aidwyc.org.

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Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
 
http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-charles-smith-award-presented-to_28.html
 
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