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UT Arlington alum, students’ DNA-exoneration efforts featured on 60 Minutes
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One UT Arlington graduate and two current students were featured prominently in an extensive 60 Minutes piece about the Innocence Project on CBS Sunday night.
Alexis Hoff – who earned her bachelor’s degree in history from UT Arlington – worked on the case of James Lee Woodard, a Dallas man who was freed last week through DNA testing and a change in testimony after spending more than 27 years in prison.
Dorothy Whitehead and Julpa Dave – two undergraduates at UT Arlington – were also featured in the 60 Minutes broadcast. John Stickels, an assistant professor in criminology at UT Arlington, works with the Innocence Project, a group that works through DNA testing to exonerate innocent people who have been incarcerated.
To date, the group has worked to free more than 200 DNA-based exonerations. Woodard is the 17th such exoneration in Dallas County.
Click here to watch a broadcast of the 60 Minutes segment.
Posted by Chad / info from UTA
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