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TX: Governmental Immunity Protects District Attorney who Fired His Assistant for Acting Ethically

TX: Governmental Immunity Protects District Attorney who Fired His Assistant for Acting Ethically

by Bert | May 30, 2019 | Texas

Over four years have passed since we last covered the wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by a former assistant district attorney, Eric Hillman, against the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hillman alleged that then-District Attorney,...
TX: Court Says Hannah Overton Murder Case involves Substantial Prosecutorial Misconduct

TX: Court Says Hannah Overton Murder Case involves Substantial Prosecutorial Misconduct

by Alec | Oct 21, 2014 | Texas, The Open File Blog

We learned yesterday that Nueces County District Attorney Mark Skurka has decided to retry Hannah Overton for capital murder in the death of her four year-old foster son, despite the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals’ reversal of her conviction, and substantial evidence...

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