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2008 News Releases

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Date Title
9/18/08 District Attorney’s Office Reaffirms Guilt of Hilton Lee Wheeler through Post-Conviction DNA Testing for 1984 Sexual Assault
9/18/08 DNA Findings Hearing for Johnnie Lindsey Scheduled for September 19, 2008
9/4/08 District Attorney’s Office Reaffirms Guilt of Larry Burdine Jr. through Post-Conviction DNA Testing for 1996 Robbery and Sexual Assault
8/4/08 DNA Findings Hearing for Steven Phillips Scheduled for August 5, 2008
7/18/08 Aggravated Theft Trial for Patricia Vining Begins Monday, July 21, 2008
7/2/08 Hearing for Patrick Waller Scheduled on July 3, 2008
6/26/08 Patrick Waller is Dallas County’s 18th Wrongfully Convicted Citizen
6/25/08 Jury Finds Self-Ordained Minister Damonne Lowery Guilty of First Degree Murder
6/25/08 Dallas County’s Number One Probation Violator Shamvell Williams Back in Custody
6/17/08 After DNA Evidence Identifies Kenneth Woodson as Perpetrator in 1985 Sexual Assault and Burglary, He Confesses to Crime
6/12/08 Gang Member Juan Gomez Sentenced to Life in Prison for Random Murder of 19-year-old- Man
6/10/08 Jury Finds Darrell Jenkins Guilty of Capital Murder
6/6/08 Jury Finds Deon Ricks Guilty of 1st Degree Murder
6/5/08 JEHT Foundation Awards $453,900 Grant to DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit
6/4/08 District Attorney Craig Watkins to Serve as Member of the Texas Criminal Justice Unit
5/16/08 Jury Finds Victor Nunez Guilty of Capital Murder of a Child under Six
4/28/08 James Woodard is Dallas County’s 17th Wrongfully-Convicted Citizen
4/18/08 Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins Leads Team from DA’s Office in MADD’s Signature “Walk Like MADD” Event
4/15/08 Thomas McGowan is Dallas County’s 16th Wrongfully-Convicted Man
4/11/08 Jury Finds Aaron Ortiz Guilty of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity for Gang-Related Murder
3/31/08 County Commissioners to Vote on Future of DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit
3/30/08 Law Enforcement Agencies Join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Operation Targeting Undocumented Aliens Employed as Security Officers
3/29/08 District Attorney’s Office Named Big Brothers Big Sisters Dallas County Region’s Community Partner of the Year
3/27/08 Roberto Avila Pleas to First Degree Murder, Sentenced to Life for Fatal Beating of his 19-Month-Old Nephew
3/6/08 Mutual of America Life Insurance Recognizes Child Abuse Division Chief
Felicia Wasson for Her Commitment to the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center
2/22/08 Commissioners Court Approves District Attorney’s Request to Apply for JEHT Foundation Grant
2/22/08 Jury Finds Pablo Almendarez-Funez Guilty of Three Cases of Sexual Assault of a Child and One Indecency with a Child Case
2/18/08 District Attorney Craig Watkins Discloses Historical Documents Connected to Jack Ruby Discovered in DA Office Safe
2/15/08 District Attorney’s Office Expands Impact Offender Program
to Include Garland Cases
2/14/08 Justice Prevails in Cases against Repeat Child Sex Offender
2/14/08 Dallas County District Attorney’s Office Investigates, Apprehends Suspects in Connection to Fraud Operation at Irving Temp Agency
2/14/08 Jury Finds James Felton Williams Guilty of First Degree Injury to a Child
1/31/08 District Attorney’s Office Files Motion to Withdraw Execution Date for Karl Chamberlain in Light of U.S. Supreme Court’s Pending Review of Lethal Injection
1/31/08 District Attorney’s Office Distressed by Release of Raul Rodriguez, Father of Texas Seven Inmate Michael Rodriguez
1/30/08 DNA Evidence Matches Sidney Goodyear in 1982 Sexual Assault and Burglary
1/14/08 District Attorney’s Office Reaffirms Guilt of Convicted Sex Offenders Victor Jackson and Larry Drake through Post-Conviction DNA Testing
1/08/08 Charles Chatman is Dallas County’s 15th Wrongfully-Convicted Citizen