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Prosecutor who withheld Brady material will run for judge

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Yesterday I noted that Third Court of Appeals ruled that Travis County prosecutors in a case against alleged murder accomplice Laura Hall acted "wilfully in failing to disclose [exculpatory] statements" to Hall's defense team, but neither the opinion nor the media coverage informed us which prosecutor was responsible for the violation.It turns out, though, the lead prosecutor in the case was Bill Bishop, who coincidentally announced last week that he plans to run in the Democratic primary next year against Judge Charlie Baird for his seat on the 299th District Court in Austin.So we have the judge who presided over the Tim Cole exoneration versus a prosecutor who an appellate court said "wilfully" failed to disclose Brady material in a high-profile murder case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).

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