Houston Mayor Seeks Moratorium on Executions
"Houston Mayor Lee Brown is asking Gov. Rick Perry to place a moratorium on some Harris County death penalty cases in which DNA evidence was processed by the Police Department's troubled crime lab."
In a statement released Friday, Brown said: "There are a number of cases that will be retested. Certainly as a former police chief and the Mayor of this City, the thought of a wrongful conviction for any crime is disturbing. However, we should not assume that any or all of the cases are `wrongful convictions.' We should wait for retesting to be completed. Then I'll expect the judicial process to correct or corroborate the convictions under scrutiny." Brown mailed letters to Perry requesting a moratorium on the cases until they are reviewed.
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