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Texas Moratorium Network & ACLU-TX Central TX Chapter

By "Persian Cowboy"

Texas Moratorium Network & ACLU-TX Central TX Chapter invite all interested members of the community to a PUBLIC FORUM with CANDIDATES for TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYMonday, February 4th, 6pmat Gene's Po Boys1209 E. 11th St. (at the Rosewood "Y")(parking behind building) There are four candidates* -all in the Democrat primary- running to replace Ronnie Earle, generally a well-received prosecutor, even a hero to some, especially for the Public Integrity Unit's indictment of Tom Delay. But there are some areas in which Earle and his office were lacking, including continuing to seek the death penalty instead of exclusively using life without parole as an alternative and believing police officers are categorically above the law by commonly withholding evidence from grand juries that would likely lead to their prosecution such as with APD's Julie Schroeder (shooting death, Daniel Rocha) and Michael Olsen, who, despite videotaped evidence of wrongdoing in 2003 (excessive force, Jeffrey Thornton), was cleared and put back on the force just to again be cleared again after the shooting death of Kevin Brown last summer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).