Mon 2 Apr 2012
Texas Prosecutors Go Rogue — And Get Away with It!
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , DemocracyNo Comments
William Fisher Truthout
John Thompson spent 18 years in prison – 14 of them on death row – for crimes he did not commit. But as he was facing his seventh execution date, a private investigator hired by his lawyers discovered that scientific evidence of his innocence had been knowingly concealed by the New Orleans District Attorney’s office. (more…)