Landmark exoneration in NC almost never happened

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The man who helped create a groundbreaking innocence commission in North Carolina says the handling of the state's only exoneration shows the agency needs to make changes.

By: By MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press Writer | WNCT
Published: March 17, 2010

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The man who helped create a groundbreaking innocence commission in North Carolina says the handling of the state's only exoneration shows the agency needs to make changes.
Former state Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr. tells The Associated Press he's not happy that investigators for the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission overlooked key evidence in the case. That evidence eventually helped prove that Greg Taylor was not guilty of murdering a prostitute.
Taylor was freed last month after 16 years in prison. His case also has prompted a review of how the state runs its crime lab.
The commission is only state-run agency in the country dedicated to investigating claims of innocence. Executive director Kendra Montgomery-Blinn declined comment.

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