Prosecutor gets 10 DAYS for withholding evidence that sent man to prison for 25 yrs

[ShootSpeeders]

America has the worst legal system in the world. There is no justice when the state pays the judge, jurors, witnesses and defense attorneys.

Former Texas prosecutor to spend 10 days in jail for wrongful conviction | Al Jazeera America

November 8, 2013 6:36PM ET

Former Texas prosecutor and district court judge Ken Anderson agreed Friday to serve 10 days in jail, complete 500 hours of community service and give up his law license for hiding evidence in a 1987 murder trial that sent an innocent man to jail for nearly 25 years.

Anderson hid two crucial pieces of evidence from the defense team of Michael Morton, who was accused of beating his wife to death, which would have supported their theory that Morton’s wife Christine was killed by a stranger who came into the house via an unlocked back door, not her husband.

 

[Connery]

While the person who served the time cannot get it back a lot of good was done regarding this situation. This also gives the Innocence Project a chance to go forward and review Anderson's files. Moreover, Anderson cannot hurt anyone else in the capacity of an attorney or judge.


"The criminal charges of tampering with evidence were dropped as part of a comprehensive settlement on all issues facing Anderson.

As part of Friday’s proceedings, Anderson also settled a civil lawsuit, filed by the State Bar of Texas, accusing him of professional misconduct in the Morton prosecution. Anderson agreed to give up his law license.

“It’s a good day, ” Morton said after the hearing. “I said the only thing that I want, as a baseline, is Ken Anderson to be off the bench and no longer practicing law — and both of those things have happened, and more.”

Ken Anderson to serve 10 days in jail | www.statesman.com

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

That guy ought to be shot in the head.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

While the person who served the time cannot get it back a lot of good was done regarding this situation.

Oh shut up you pathetic ABA shill. This sends the clear message that even if you are caught withholding evidence and sending innocent men to prison for decades, your punishment will be very slight.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Anderson, since he acted with willful malfeasance and intent to commit crime, can be sued by the person sent to the pen for 25 years.

He can make sure Anderson is putting the plaintiff's grand children through college before his own.

 

[bianco]

America has the worst legal system in the world. There is no justice when the state pays the judge, jurors, witnesses and defense attorneys.

Nah...one of the best legal systems in the world...but, it's not perfect.

Some "US prosecutors" are a long way from perfect.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

America has the worst legal system in the world. There is no justice when the state pays the judge, jurors, witnesses and defense attorneys.

Former Texas prosecutor to spend 10 days in jail for wrongful conviction | Al Jazeera America

November 8, 2013 6:36PM ET

Former Texas prosecutor and district court judge Ken Anderson agreed Friday to serve 10 days in jail, complete 500 hours of community service and give up his law license for hiding evidence in a 1987 murder trial that sent an innocent man to jail for nearly 25 years.

Anderson hid two crucial pieces of evidence from the defense team of Michael Morton, who was accused of beating his wife to death, which would have supported their theory that Morton’s wife Christine was killed by a stranger who came into the house via an unlocked back door, not her husband.

The really sad part is that shit like this happens all the time, and this is absolutely the worst punishment I have ever seen meted out for it. Usually they don't even get disbarred, which means they can do it again.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Anderson, since he acted with willful malfeasance and intent to commit crime, can be sued by the person sent to the pen for 25 years.

He can make sure Anderson is putting the plaintiff's grand children through college before his own.

You should learn to read, this sentence settled all proceedings against Anderson, even the civil suit.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

America has the worst legal system in the world. There is no justice when the state pays the judge, jurors, witnesses and defense attorneys.

Nah...one of the best legal systems in the world...but, it's not perfect.

Some "US prosecutors" are a long way from perfect.

The rest are racing to catch up.

 

[Yurt]

Anderson, since he acted with willful malfeasance and intent to commit crime, can be sued by the person sent to the pen for 25 years.

He can make sure Anderson is putting the plaintiff's grand children through college before his own.

“It’s a good day, ” Morton told the Statesman after the hearing. “I said the only thing that I want, as a baseline, is Ken Anderson to be off the bench and no longer practicing law — and both of those things have happened, and more.”

 

[bodecea]

Gotta wonder at the "win-at-all-costs" attitude of the prosecutors in such a place.

 

[Jarlaxle]

The guy should get a year.

...in maximum security's general population, with "bent judge" tattooed on his face.

 

[Connery]

While the person who served the time cannot get it back a lot of good was done regarding this situation.

Oh shut up you pathetic ABA shill. This sends the clear message that even if you are caught withholding evidence and sending innocent men to prison for decades, your punishment will be very slight.

Shill

Bottom line get justice done and review his work... The creep who lied now has to pay a lifetime of embarrassment, pain and unemployment as an attorney.

 

[spirit_in_decay]

Wow, rob a man of 25 years of his life and just do ten days for it? Where's the justice? The judge should have to serve the same amount of time the other guy did. Absolutely disgusting.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

America has the worst legal system in the world. There is no justice when the state pays the judge, jurors, witnesses and defense attorneys.

Nah...one of the best legal systems in the world...but, it's not perfect.

Some "US prosecutors" are a long way from perfect.

You brainless jackass!!!! Do you still believe everything they told you in 3rd grade civics class? Why don't you address my statement of the fact that the state is allowed to legally buy off judge, jurors, witnesses, and defense attorney.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Ten days for stealing 25 years from another is a flat out insult to the one who lost the 25 years! That man had better get the compensation that he so rightfully deserves!!!

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

P.S. May them ten days be the LONGEST ten days that the "prosecutor" has EVER experienced!

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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The really sad part is that shit like this happens all the time, and this is absolutely the worst punishment I have ever seen meted out for it. Usually they don't even get disbarred, which means they can do it again.

Yes indeed it happens all the time and the idiot american continues to believe the propaganda fed them by schools and media that our legal system is top-notch!!!

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Anderson, since he acted with willful malfeasance and intent to commit crime, can be sued by the person sent to the pen for 25 years.

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You should learn to read, this sentence settled all proceedings against Anderson, even the civil suit.

Where does the article say that? All i could find was

As a part of the deal that will put Anderson behind bars for 10 days, charges of tampering with evidence have been dropped and Anderson has settled his civil suit with the State Bar of Texas, agreeing to be disbarred and pay a $500 fine.

The excon can still sue.

 

[Noomi]

America has the worst legal system in the world. There is no justice when the state pays the judge, jurors, witnesses and defense attorneys.

Former Texas prosecutor to spend 10 days in jail for wrongful conviction | Al Jazeera America

November 8, 2013 6:36PM ET

Former Texas prosecutor and district court judge Ken Anderson agreed Friday to serve 10 days in jail, complete 500 hours of community service and give up his law license for hiding evidence in a 1987 murder trial that sent an innocent man to jail for nearly 25 years.

Anderson hid two crucial pieces of evidence from the defense team of Michael Morton, who was accused of beating his wife to death, which would have supported their theory that Morton’s wife Christine was killed by a stranger who came into the house via an unlocked back door, not her husband.

He should be jailed for 25 years just like that poor innocent man was.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Anderson, since he acted with willful malfeasance and intent to commit crime, can be sued by the person sent to the pen for 25 years.

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You should learn to read, this sentence settled all proceedings against Anderson, even the civil suit.

Where does the article say that? All i could find was

As a part of the deal that will put Anderson behind bars for 10 days, charges of tampering with evidence have been dropped and Anderson has settled his civil suit with the State Bar of Texas, agreeing to be disbarred and pay a $500 fine.

The excon can still sue.

No he can't.

You should read the whole article, but only if you want to end up really pissed.

Unsurprisingly, the jury that heard Thompson's civil trial awarded him a judgment of $14 million as compensation for his nearly two decades of wrongful imprisonment and his brush with death. The federal Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict. For several years, Thompson was a millionaire in waiting.
On Tuesday of last week, however, the US Supreme Court wiped out the award by a vote of 5 to 4. The Court's much-lamented decision reasoned that Connick couldn't be found liable unless he had been on notice of a "pattern of similar constitutional violations" prior to the misconduct in Thompson's case. Ignoring the ample evidence in the trial record, the Court found that Thompson hadn't proved such a pattern.
This magisterial indifference to the record of Connick's complicity in Thompson's plight is a tragedy. Given a chance to ameliorate the injustices heaped on John Thompson, the Supreme Court aggravated them.
Of equal (possibly greater) concern, though, is a misstep the Supreme Court made decades ago that reverberates today in the Thompson case. In a 1976 decision, the Court adopted the doctrine of prosecutorial immunity. Under this rule, prosecutors enjoy complete protection from suit for civil rights violations they may commit in the course of preparing or trying a criminal case.
Because of this doctrine, Thompson couldn't sue the trial prosecutors most directly responsible for railroading him--despite their deliberate and flagrant violations of his constitutional rights, and despite the Supreme Court's description of one of his prosecutors as a "miscreant." (Administrative malfeasance, on the other hand, isn't subject to absolute prosecutorial immunity. Hence, the attempt by Thompson's civil lawyers to hold Connick accountable.)
The Court's decision to bar civil rights suits against trial prosecutors came in a more innocent era. The Court was confident that prosecutors would be deterred from misconduct by their own professional culture; by oversight from the courts and the organized bar; and by the threat of discipline should they overstep constitutional limits. Lawsuits, the Court reasoned, were unnecessary and would distract prosecutors from the "vigorous and fearless" performance of their duties.

Locke Bowman: A Supreme Miscalculation: High Court Should Revisit Prosecutorial Immunity