DNA Test Will Show if Texas Executed an Innocent Man

The Texas Observer | September 24, 2007
One strand of hair found on the counter of an East Texas liquor store whose owner was gunned down in 1989 could help determine whether Texas executed an innocent man for the killing -- a judge has ordered the hair not be destroyed as the Observer and the Innocence Project push for DNA testing.

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