| 词条 | Craig Watkins |
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|name = Craig Watkins |image = |imagesize = 200px |caption = |office = District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas |term_start = 2007 |term_end = 2015 |predecessor = Bill Hill |successor = Susan Hawk |birth_name = Craig Marcus Watkins[1] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|16}}[2] |birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = United States |party = Democratic |spouse = Tanya Watkins |alma_mater = Prairie View A&M University (BA) Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (JD) |occupation = Lawyer |religion = Baptist |signature = |website = http://www.craigwatkinslaw.com/ |footnotes = }}Craig Marcus Watkins (born November 16, 1967) is an American lawyer. He was the district attorney for the Dallas County, Texas in the United States from 2007 to 2015. He became the first elected African American district attorney in Texas after he was elected in 2006.[3] EducationA 1986 graduate of David W. Carter High School of Dallas,[4] Watkins graduated from Prairie View A&M University in 1990 with a B.A. degree in political science. In 1994, he received a J.D. degree as part of the 1994 inaugural graduating class of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law.[5][6] He is also a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.[7] CareerThree times the Dallas County District Attorney's office rejected Watkins's bids to be a prosecutor. Watkins thus began his legal career working in the offices of the Dallas city attorney and public defender and later went into private practice as an attorney and was a licensed bail bondsman. In 2002, Watkins ran for district attorney against incumbent Republican Bill Hill and lost.[8] Watkins won the 2006 district attorney election over prosecutor Toby Shook in an election cycle where Democrats swept all judge seats also.[9] The official biography of Watkins written by his office writes that Watkins has secured a 99.4% conviction rate and has focused on prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse.[10] Watkins has worked to resolve cases of wrongful conviction through the use of DNA testing and the review of evidence illegally withheld from defense attorneys.[3][11] On January 4, 2011, Ray Suarez interviewed Watkins live on the PBS NewsHour for the exoneration by Watkins's office of Cornelius Dupree from Dupree's armed robbery conviction.[12] Upon leaving office Watkins entered private practice focusing on complex Federal and State Criminal Defense and Personal Injury. The Dallas Morning News selected Watkins as its 2008 Texan of the Year.[13] Public records indicate that Watkins' yearly salary as of May 2012 was $125,000.[1] In the 2014 election, Watkins was defeated by former Judge Susan Hawk.[14] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Craig Marcus Watkins's Salary|url=http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee-salaries/state-of-texas/craig-marcus-watkins/1110208/|work=Texas Tribune|accessdate=February 20, 2013}} 2. ^Texas birth index 3. ^1 {{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Forsyth |authorlink= |author2=Eaton, Leslie |title=The Exonerator: The Dallas D.A. is Reviewing Old Cases, Freeing Prisoners — and Riling His Peers |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122669736692929339 |work=Wall Street Journal |publisher= |date=2008-11-15 |accessdate= }} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Notable Dallasites|url=http://dallaslibrary2.org/texas/docs/yearbookNotableDallasites.pdf|publisher=Dallas Public Library|accessdate=February 21, 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|last=Timms|first=Ed|title=After acclaim for exoneree work, Dallas DA Craig Watkins taking hits|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20110716-after-acclaim-for-exoneree-work-dallas-da-craig-watkins-taking-hits-.ece|work=The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=February 22, 2013 |author2=Emily, Jennifer |author3=Jeffers, Gromer Jr.|date=July 16, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Blumenthal|first=Ralph|title=For Dallas, New Prosecutor Means an End to the Old Ways|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/us/03dallas.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=June 3, 2007}} 7. ^{{cite web|last=Crain|first=Zac|title=The Last Temptation of Craig Watkins|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/2009/02/23/The_Last_Temptation_of_Craig_Watkins.aspx?page=2|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130408222611/http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/2009/02/23/The_Last_Temptation_of_Craig_Watkins.aspx?page=2|dead-url=yes|archive-date=April 8, 2013|work=D Magazine|accessdate=February 22, 2013|pages=2}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=Hennessy-Fiske|first=Molly|title=Dallas County district attorney a hero to the wrongfully convicted|url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/may/08/nation/la-na-dallas-district-attorney-20120509|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=May 8, 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Zeeble|first=Bill|title=Dallas Dems Sweep DA and Judgeships|url=http://keranews.org/post/dallas-dems-sweep-da-and-judgeships|publisher=KERA|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=November 8, 2006}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Meet the DA|url=http://dallasda.co/webdev/?page_id=8|publisher=Dallas County District Attorney|accessdate=February 22, 2013}} 11. ^60 Minutes Profile (May 4, 2008) 12. ^{{cite web|last=Suarez|first=Ray|title=Convicted Texas Man Cleared by DNA Test After 30 Years in Prison|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june11/texascase_01-04.html|work=PBS NewsHour|accessdate=February 22, 2013|date=January 4, 2011}} Video available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXQP_67B5yw YouTube]. 13. ^{{cite press release|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081229/tx-dallasmorningnews.htm|title=The Dallas Morning News Names District Attorney Craig Watkins as 2008 Texan of the Year}} {{dead link|date=August 2016}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://keranews.org/post/meet-susan-hawk-dallas-countys-next-district-attorney|title=Meet Susan Hawk, Dallas County's Next District Attorney|author=Krystina Martinez, Rick Holter|website=keranews.org|publisher=|date= 19 December 2014|accessdate=3 August 2016}} External links
9 : 1967 births|Living people|African-American lawyers|County district attorneys in Texas|Texas Democrats|People from Dallas|Prairie View A&M University alumni|Texas Wesleyan University alumni|Texas A&M University School of Law alumni |
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