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Another Texas Prosecutor May Go Down

By "Persian Cowboy"

I have posted the video, Another Texas Prosecutor May Go Down, on YouTube with some key words of jailhouse snitch Gary Wayne Harris recanting his testimony which sent Danny Meehan away for 99 years. YouTube is a powerful instrument for drawing attention to a cause, And the cause of the wrongly convicted needs attention. Harris said that in 1997 while in Orange County Texas Jail, Prosecutor John D. Kimbrough told him that he needed a conviction and he needed it bad to further his career. He then made his dirty deal with Harris, whose parole violation and new charges were dropped, and Harris walked out of jail several days after his lying testimony against Meehan. There are now six witnesses whom Harris told he lied. When asked if he thought his testimony was the deciding factor in the jury?s finding, Harris, answered, ?I know it was...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).