Dallas District Attorney Watkins Texan of the Year

The Dallas Morning News surprised me today . It gave its Texan of the Year honors to Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins. In the December 27, 2008 edition it recognized Watkins for being a change agent. I know him more than as a change agent , but as a long time family friend.

I have known the District Attorney since he played YMCA football to his maturity as the chief prosecuting attorney in Dallas. He has always been a serious man with a mission to succeed . Whatever the future holds for Mr. Watkins ,it will be said that his reversal of unjustified convictions by DNA placed the Dallas judicial system in a new light.




Dallas juries gave us the unjustified convictions and incarcerations of Randall Dale Adams and Lenell Geter .Two men ,one poor and white , the other middle class and black .Dallas was no place to go to jail , even if you were innocent. Justice is blind , but sometimes she is just wrong .. In past conversations with me, Mr. Watkins has cited that justice is not about securing convictions for the sake of convictions , but it is about securing justice for all. You were right Craig , Justice is more than locking people up...
Ask Lenell Geter.