DALLAS (AP) A Texas judge declared a mistrial Friday in the first murder case against a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span, but prosecutors vowed to continue to pursue convictions.
Ellen French House (left), whose mom was slain, said she s devastated after a mistrial was declared in the murder trial of Billy Chemirmir (top right), tried for the death Lu This Harris (bottom right).
Lawyer Disbarred For Withholding Evidence During Murder Trials; Suspects Actually Innocent
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Jackson surrendered his law license following the decision of the judge, effectively disbarring him
Allen said Jackson s move to surrender his license was an admission of guilt
A former public prosecutor from Dallas County, Texas has surrendered his law license after the state s bar said he withheld evidence that could have absolved two wrongfully convicted men during their trials for the 1999 murder of a pastor.
The State Bar of Texas said Richard Jackson failed to inform the defense attorneys of Dennis Allen and Stanley Mozee about evidence that could have cleared their clients names in the capital murder case in 2000, local newspaper the Dallas Morning News first reported.