Patrick Waller "Robbed of 16 Years"

Now there are 18 that have been cleared by DNA in Dallas County. This is the most exonerated in any county in the nation since 2001.

Patrick Waller is just another example of how people have been sent to prison for crimes that they did not commit. The system is broken and have been for years. Mr. Waller was robbed of 16 years of his life and will not ever be able to get those years back. He states "It's been a struggle daily - going to bed, knowing I'm someplace I don't deserve to be." Can you imagine the feelings that have to be built up inside of a person who has been wrongfully imprisoned?

Why are so many people being exonerated in Dallas County?

Sheriff Lupe Valdez

The idea of having a Christmas diner for all of the employees in the Sheriff's department was good, but spending taxpayer money to fund it is not. What was the sheriff thinking about? To make matters even worse, one of the commissioners would have to vote on a contact for her family's firm to cater the food. Now that's really a bad idea. Thank God Commissioner Dickey had the good sense not to be involved in such an obvious wrong way to spend taxpayer money.

Sheriff Valdez, good jester, wrong funding source.