A former Texas Tech student wrongly convicted of rape then cleared by DNA evidence will be remembered with a $100,000 scholarship.
Wednesday was the 10th anniversary since Timothy Brian Cole of Fort Worth died in prison serving time for the 1985 attack in Lubbock for which he maintained his innocence.
A judge in February exonerated Cole after DNA testing excluded him from the crime. Another man confessed to the attack.
The law school endowment will include funds from attorneys Jeff Blackburn of the Innocence Project of Texas, and Kevin Glasheen, who has represented some wrongly convicted Texans.
Glasheen told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that Cole's case was "tragic" and an inspiration to those who worked on issues on compensation for the wrongfully convicted.
Cole died of complications from asthma.
