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Brady violation may lead to next Dallas exoneration

One of the worst examples I've seen of a so-called Brady violation - where prosecutors withhold exculpatory evidence in their possession from the defense - may be found in a story by Jennifer Emily in today's Dallas Morning News, which brings word of what may be Dallas' next exoneration of a convicted defendant in a sex crime, but this time not because of DNA testing. Reported the News ("Sex conviction from '90s in question because of withheld evidence," Nov. 17):Antrone Lynelle Johnson twice was convicted of sexual assault as a high school student, earning him a life sentence.Mr. Johnson, who is 31, contends that both cases from the mid-1990s were built on lies and prosecutorial misconduct. If a judge agrees, he could be set free as early as today...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).