A militia leader from Wylie “lit the match that started the fire” of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last year, a federal prosecutor told jurors.
Longtime Medical Examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani found his top deputy, Dr. Marc Kraus, made 59 mistakes in death investigations last year. Kraus was barred from performing autopsies in murder cases in November and left the office just last week. From our perspective and I m speaking collectively as the defense bar, it s really unprecedented,” Varghese said.
Defense attorneys say the revelations potentially raise questions about the prosecution of murder cases – past and present. Everyone is beyond shocked that this could have happened and now it s going to be raised in every case where the Tarrant County Medical Examiner has touched the file,” Varghese said.
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The Tarrant County District Attorney’s office has notified defense attorneys for as many as 40 other murder suspects there are questions about Krouse s credibility. The way I look at it, it s kind of like the grandfather s clock that strikes 13,” said defense attorney Christy Jack. “It calls into question all that came before.
Jack is a former prosecutor who represents a murder suspect awaiting trial. Dr. Krouse did the autopsy in his case. Anytime a professional s proficiency is on the line and you ve just been handed what could be information that calls into question their expertise, it s a goldmine as a defense attorney,” she said.
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