A Programming Note

National Public Radio this afternoon called Schutze's cell to fact-check a story about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, which is scheduled to air tomorrow morning on Morning Edition. Their question had something to do with the Citizens Council; Jim's answer was, "I'm all for it." (Maybe not.) Anyway, the...

By Robert Wilonsky

February 21, 2007

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National Public Radio this afternoon called Schutze's cell to fact-check a story about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, which is scheduled to air tomorrow morning on Morning Edition. Their question had something to do with the Citizens Council; Jim's answer was, "I'm all for it." (Maybe not.) Anyway, the story is about Watkins and The Innocence Project and how Dallas County is trying to right years of DNA wrongs. So, keep your ears tuned to KERA-FM (90.1) or the NPR Web site. --Robert Wilonsky

Robert Wilonsky

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