The Texas Bar finally "did the right thing" and disbarred the prosecutor involved in withholding of evidence from a criminal defendant that led to wrongful conviction of the defendant, a death sentence, and spending 12 years on death row.
Yet, it is a bittersweet victory.
First, the defendant is alive only because of the slow appeals process for death row inmates.
Had the process been as fast as the public wants it to be, he'd be dead by now - just look on Facebook at comments posted to announcements that a person is even CHARGED with a crime (and presumed innocent still) - just kill him and save taxpayers the money for procedures and appeals, says the public.
Second, with the conviction reversed in 2006 based on prosecutor's misconduct, WHY did it take the Texas bar 10 whopping years to disbar the prosecutor.
WHY did the Texas bar allow the prosecutor to jeopardize constitutional rights, including LIVES of other criminal defendants for 10 more years?
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