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Transcript: Wrongfully-Convicted Texas Prisoners Released
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- 60 Minutes (CBS)
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- May 4, 2008
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Scott Pelley
60 Minutes (CBS)
05-04-2008
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CRAIG WATKINS, DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Mr. Woodard, we`d like to apologize to you.
SCOTT PELLEY, CBS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is doing a lot of apologizing to men imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
BILLY SMITH, EXONERATED: They said justice is blind. That`s because someone turned their head.
PELLEY: They were brought to trial by prosecutors working for the legendary Texas law man Henry Wade. Now it seems the prosecutor`s record was too good to be true.
ALEXIS HOFF, LAW STUDENT: After spending 27 years in jail for a crime you did not commit, you will walk out of ...