COMMENTARY: "Texas prosecutor's no longer unassailable," by Ross Ramsey, published in the Texas Tribune on April 26, 2013.
GIST: "Running a political campaign against a sitting prosecutor in Texas was a job for egotistic dunces and legal-minded Quixotes. Even weak DA’s were invincible. But a strange thing is happening in the impervious ranks of high-profile Texas prosecutors. That cachet is taking a beating. One prosecutor is in jail. A former district attorney is facing charges related to sending an innocent man to jail. One county spent nearly $400,000 settling a sexual harassment charge against its DA. Another prosecutor is fighting contempt of court charges after refusing to testify in a prosecutorial misconduct inquiry......... Times have changed. In the 1980s, crime was the major issue in many local and state elections. In the early 1990s, the people who won those elections went on an epic prison - and jail-building spree. Voters are worried about other things now. Wrongful convictions and prosecutions have shaken public faith in the criminal justice system. And, it turns out, in the people at the top."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/04/26/texas-prosecutors-once-unassailable-take-beating/
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The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
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