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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2723121" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>Jackson's handling of the case is now under investigation by the State Bar of Texas, following a formal complaint of prosecutorial misconduct last summer. That grievance asked that Jackson be sanctioned or even prosecuted for falsifying official records, withholding evidence and obstructing justice.</p><p></p><p>On Monday, an attorney for Jackson said he expected the Texas bar to notify his client soon that it will pursue formal charges of misconduct. The attorney, Joseph E. Byrne, said Jackson would seek to have any such charges heard by a jury, as the bar rules allow.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of when Jackson would have learned of a possible deal, he would have been legally bound to disclose any such favorable treatment of a witness to the defense. For Willingham who maintained his innocence until he was executed in 2004 the revelation might have been sufficient grounds for a new trial.</p><p></p><p>To death penalty opponents, Willingham's case is among those that have come closest to proving for the first time in the modern era of capital punishment that an innocent person has been put to death in the United States.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/more-questions-raised-cameron-todd-willingham-case/" target="_blank">http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/more-questions-raised-cameron-todd-willingham-case/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2723121, member: 7629"] Jackson's handling of the case is now under investigation by the State Bar of Texas, following a formal complaint of prosecutorial misconduct last summer. That grievance asked that Jackson be sanctioned or even prosecuted for falsifying official records, withholding evidence and obstructing justice. On Monday, an attorney for Jackson said he expected the Texas bar to notify his client soon that it will pursue formal charges of misconduct. The attorney, Joseph E. Byrne, said Jackson would seek to have any such charges heard by a jury, as the bar rules allow. Regardless of when Jackson would have learned of a possible deal, he would have been legally bound to disclose any such favorable treatment of a witness to the defense. For Willingham who maintained his innocence until he was executed in 2004 the revelation might have been sufficient grounds for a new trial. To death penalty opponents, Willingham's case is among those that have come closest to proving for the first time in the modern era of capital punishment that an innocent person has been put to death in the United States. [url]http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/more-questions-raised-cameron-todd-willingham-case/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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