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by baldfat 4408 days ago
Wasn't aware of his case:

From the judge denying a new trail: “The questions raised during post-judgment factual development about Will’s actual innocence create disturbing uncertainties,” he wrote. “Federal law does not recognize actual innocence as a mechanism to overturn an otherwise valid conviction.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/us/texas-death-row-appeal-...