Odell Barnes - In The Houston Press -
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Published on: 10/6/2003
Last Visited: 11/12/2004
Though hampered by a lack of resources, investigator Dana Rice interviewed several people whose stories conflicted with those presented at trial, especially concerning possession of the alleged murder weapon.
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Rice didn't make much headway, but she did learn enough to feel uncomfortable about the verdict."I believe there were several people there," Rice says.
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"Probably the most disturbing thing was that his attorneys did not do an investigation," Rice says.
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In April 1995 Public Defender's investigator Dana Rice received a letter from an inmate at the Wichita County Jail.
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Rice contacted some of the inmates named in the letters, but none would cooperate.And the last anyone knew of McKinney, she had been paroled and was living in New Mexico.
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"I believe that it happens a lot," says Public Defender's investigator Dana Rice.