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In a Rare Show of Accountability, a Texas Attorney Has Surrendered His License A judge called his actions in a death penalty case shocking prosecutorial misconduct that destroyed any semblance of a fair trial.” Clinton Young was convicted by a Midland County jury of capital murder in 2003. He is being held at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, where he is kept in solitary confinement. Courtesy of Posh Productions A judge called his actions in a death penalty case shocking prosecutorial misconduct that destroyed any semblance of a fair trial.” Clinton Young was convicted by a Midland County jury of capital murder in 2003. He is being held at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, where he is kept in solitary confinement. ....
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. ....
A recent DNA test on evidence excluded or exonerated him in the aggravated robbery case, his supporters say, but he remains in prison awaiting a Harris County court date delayed by COVID-19. How is COVID-19 affecting the progress of cases you’ve followed or are working on as advocates? Casarez : You’d think you’d want to fast track potential releases especially when there are innocence claims. Sometimes, the state doesn’t seem to care that a person has been exonerated there are still people who think they’re guilty and so they use whatever they can use to keep them in prison. They feel they’re doing a service to society by keeping them locked up. ....