A few times, I have
been asked why I post stuff that has nothing to do with Carlos Coy’s case. A
big part of convincing people that his trial was unfair is, in my experience,
establishing the idea that Harris County’s justice system is fucked.
With that in mind, I’d
like to bring your attention to the unfolding saga of Kelly Siegler. A former
Harris County Prosecutor, Siegler was famous for a TV show based on solving
cold cases, and her role in exonerating Anthony Graves.
A judge recently that
she withheld vital evidence from a 2007 case, resulting in an unfair trial for
David Temple. Grits for Breakfast highlighted this statement from the ruling "Of enormous significance was the
prosecutor's testimony at the habeas hearing that apparently favorable evidence
did not need to be disclosed if the State did not believe it was true."
This has nothing, and
everything, to do with Carlos Coy’s case. I have long maintained that his case was
not unique, that it was not unusual, that it was an example of the Harris
County ‘justice’ machine grinding along the way it always has. Stories like
this support my belief; Siegler is a part of the system that produced Chuck Rosenthal, Denise Oncken, and Lisa Andrews.
1 comment:
With all this foul play why can't Carlos get a retrial? There is clearly something wrong with the system down in Texas so all this evidence with hiding evidence and locking random people up for no reason isn't enough to get Carlos a new trial???
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