tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7638177063296576281..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Dallas sees 17th DNA exonerationGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74877341064817239612008-04-30T00:42:00.000-05:002008-04-30T00:42:00.000-05:00Over here, we have the Crown Prossecution Service ...Over here, we have the Crown Prossecution Service who decide whether a retrial will happen, NOT the original trial judge. No one likes to admit they might be wrong, and I really dont understand why anyone thinks its a good idea to have the same people presiding over both parts of the appeal system. We also have a rule whereby if evidence is presented to the CPS that wasnt available in the original trial, then a retrial is almost always granted. Its very simple. but it encourages all sides to disclose everything so that any conviction is secure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12607061579001558432008-04-29T19:30:00.000-05:002008-04-29T19:30:00.000-05:00I agree with the person who posted above. They, an...I agree with the person who posted above. They, and the judge should be sanctioned. Too often, prosecutors are all to ready to get a conviction at all costs, rather than to see to it that justice is served. Judges go along with this, because they, like the prosecutors have to run for re-election. Get a tag of being "soft on crime" and you are out of office. Pity the poor slob who cannot afford the likes of Racehorse Haynes or Jack Zimmerman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72927658342393235662008-04-29T19:06:00.000-05:002008-04-29T19:06:00.000-05:00One way "to ensure prosecutors hand over all the i...One way "to ensure prosecutors hand over all the information they're supposed to give defendants" is to have those prosecutors severely and publicly sanctioned by the State Bar of Texas. The prosecutors responsible for this miscarriage of justice may be dead by now, or no longer prosecuting. If they are still alive, the State Bar should find them to have committed violations of the Bar's rules of eithical conduct, and give them, at the least, public reprimands.<BR/><BR/>Dont' hold your breath waiting for this to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com