Friday roundup: Solving Cold Cases, Reviewing Police Misconduct, Forensics in Texas

07.30.10

A Maryland man who served 22 years in prison for rape and murder

was released

based on new DNA evidence.

Michael Anthony Green was freed today in Houston

after 27 years in prison

for a crime DNA tests show he didn’t commit.

A Colorado detective

faced perjury charges today

for his role in the wrongful conviction of Tim Masters.

After 30 years behind bars, Kenneth Granger is

enjoying his freedom in Philadelphia

.

Betty Anne Waters, whose battle to exonerate her brother is the subject of the upcoming film “

Conviction

,” joined Innocence Project Policy Director Stephen Saloom

at a forum in Rhode Island

.

The Texas Forensic Science Commission Chairman

refused a Q&A with the Dallas Morning News

.

DNA evidence led to an arrest in

a 30-year-old California murder

.

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