Create an Innocence Advisory Council
The latest scientific breakthroughs in DNA testing have demonstrated that even with a strong justice system the potential exists to convict individuals of crimes they did not commit. These wrongful convictions destroy public trust and confidence in the justice system. Texas has already sentenced to death at least 14 people who were wrongfully convicted. However, thus far, the state has no entity or set of procedures to identify the common causes of wrongful conviction. Texas should invest in an Innocence Advisory Council that would help to decrease the possibility of conviction of the innocent and, in turn, increase conviction of the guilty.