I have written to our District Clerk and Districty Attorney’s Office proposing that jury members and potential jury members be allowed to donate their fees to “innocence projects” to be established for those that are wrongfully convicted.
I believe this would be a step in the right direction to help reestablish lives for those wrongfully convicted. We are all aware that there are many cases in Texas in which misidentification based on eye-witness identification is seriously called into question and many individuals who have been imprisoned based on false witness identification are cleared by DNA evidence many years down the road.
It seems to me to be a good idea and sound public policy to provide for all victims of the criminal justice system, especially those who have been wrongfully convicted.
David K. Sergi, San Marcos
