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CCA rejects death penalty cases over Brady violations: What statutory changes might deter withholding exculpatory evidence?

Here's something you don't see everyday, a href="http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/two-death-row-inmates-get-good.html"from the Dallas News Crime Blog/a:br /blockquoteTwo death row inmates received favorable rulings from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday, a rare occurrence, but particularly unusual because of the reasons: possible prosecutorial misconduct. pMichael Roy Toney, who was convicted in Tarrant County for killing three people in 1985 with a briefcase bomb, was ordered a new trial because of his claim that prosecutors failed to disclose evidence. Joseph Andrew Prystash, who was convicted in a 1994 murder-for-hire case out of Harris County, had his case sent back to the trial court for consideration of his claim that the state suppressed evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).