Reason-ing with Craig Watkins

Just a few moments ago, Reason Magazine posted a Q&A with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, under the headline: “Is This America’s Best Prosecutor?” In it, Watkins discusses how, under “legendary law-and-order Dallas prosecutor Henry Wade” (Reason senior editor Radley Balko’s description, not Watkins’), it was “a badge of honor … to knowingly convict someone that wasn’t guilty.” He also discusses how the Republican Party is heaping criticism upon his office: “They’re doing whatever they can, even making the political mistake of attacking the work we’re doing on wrongful convictions.” A late-afternoon should-read. –Robert Wilonsky