Tuesday, August 09, 2011  On proof of innocence, reasonable
doubt, and false rape accusations  Having gotten to know quite a
few of Texas' DNA exonerees over the last few years working with
the Innocence Prjoejct of Texas, I couldn't help but think about
the outcome of their cases after reading a pair of stories out
of Houston about false rape accusations. First, reports Richard
Connelly at the Houston Press Hair Balls blog: "Gotcha" moments
don't come more classic than the one that happened in Montgomery
County recently.  The Sheriff's Office blotter says two officers
were called to an apartment to investigate a sexual assault.
"The alleged victim stated to the deputies that her 26-year-old
male friend had sexually assaulted her," the report says. Fair
enough, and with that friend standing in the same apartment, no
big manhunt needed.  Not so fast: "Upon further investigation
the deputies watched a video recording the male had made that
showed the female telling him that she was calling the police
because he