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TX: Alfred Brown Actually Innocent; Unethical Prosecutor Could Face New Round of Ethical Scrutiny

TX: Alfred Brown Actually Innocent; Unethical Prosecutor Could Face New Round of Ethical Scrutiny

by Bert | Mar 11, 2019 | Texas

Alfred Brown’s case—one we have covered several times over the years—reached an important milestone this past week. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg “has officially declared Alfred Dewayne Brown, who was on death row for almost 10 years, innocent. An...
TX: State Bar Dismisses Grievance Against Harris County Prosecutor, But Brown’s Case for ‘Actual Innocence’ is Not Closed

TX: State Bar Dismisses Grievance Against Harris County Prosecutor, But Brown’s Case for ‘Actual Innocence’ is Not Closed

by Jane | Jan 22, 2019 | Texas

The Texas State Bar has dismissed allegations against former Harris County prosecutor Dan Rizzo of a cover-up that landed Alfred Dewayne Brown on death row. It has been four years since we wrote about the reversal of Brown’s conviction and death sentence, and in that...
TX: Prosecutors Part of Disturbing System of Selecting Grand Jurors in Harris County

TX: Prosecutors Part of Disturbing System of Selecting Grand Jurors in Harris County

by OpenFile | Aug 11, 2014 | Texas, The Open File Blog

Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle and Radley Balko of the Washington Post have exposed a disturbing trend in the selection of grand jurors in Harris County, Texas. Falkenberg has also reported on the troublesome manner in which one of those grand juries...

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