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| Prosecutor Who Sent Innocent Man to Death Row Is Disbarred |
| 2016-02-10 |
| [ABCNEWS.GO] A former prosecutor who used false testimony and withheld evidence to send a now-exonerated man to Texas' death row has lost an appeal to overturn his disbarment. I was a believer in the U.S. judcial system until I saw someone railroaded into federal prison. "Jury of his peers" isn't the norm -- 97 percent of federal jury trials result in conviction. "Speedy trial" is a laughable concept. The Dallas Morning News reports that the Board of Disciplinary Appeals on Monday upheld the decision of the State Bar of Texas to disbar Charles Sebesta. The board's decision is final. The bar revoked the Burleson County district attorney's law license in June, finding he had engaged in prosecutorial misconduct in the case of Anthony Graves. Graves was sentenced to death in 1994 in the slayings of six people in South Texas two years earlier. A federal appeals court reversed his conviction in 2006. Graves spent 18 years in prison, including 12 on death row. He filed a complaint in January 2014. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Next, the 'Car Crashian' judge. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-10 16:47 |
| #6 Same thing with parole boards. Same with most all federal govt officials. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-02-10 15:29 |
| #5 IIUC, prosecutors get 100% absolute blanket immunity for any and all actions as a prosecutor. Always. It's disgusting and needs to change. |
| Posted by: Marilyn McGurque4491 2016-02-10 14:30 |
| #4 So the prosecutor knowingly used false testimony and withheld evidence, then opted for the death penalty, only gets disbarred? Why isn't he up for attempted murder? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-02-10 10:13 |
| #3 Sebesta should serve the rest of Graves' sentence |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-02-10 08:45 |
| #2 More than fitting gorb. YAE (yet another example) of one law for the elite and another for the plebs. The prosecutor isn't one of the aristocracy, but, a sycophant of the system. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-02-10 07:39 |
| #1 Seems fitting that the prosecutor should have to spend some time behind bars. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-02-10 00:54 |