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Dallas County prosecutor who withheld evidence disbarred after two 2 men cleared of murder
Richard “Rick” E. Jackson is just the fourth lawyer in the country to lose a law license after egregious misconduct that led to a wrongful conviction.
Rick Jackson, left, when he was a Dallas County prosecutor. He was disbarred in April after he withheld evidence in the capital murder trials of two men who were exonerated.(file photo)
This story was updated at 1:20 p.m. with comments from Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot.
A former Dallas County prosecutor quietly surrendered his law license last month after the State Bar of Texas said he withheld evidence that led to the wrongful convictions of two men in the slaying of a South Dallas pastor.