Category Archives: Prosecutorial Misconduct

Kim Ogg: Still a Sloppy, Politicized, Unethical Attorney, Even After Voters Removed Her From Office

Kim Ogg remains a sloppy, self-serving, unethical, and politicized hack, just as she was when she served as Harris County District Attorney. Beyond taxes…

Former Prosecutor, State Sen. Joan Huffman Again Moves to Allow Prosecutors to Withhold Evidence

Senator Joan Huffman (R-Houston) started her legal career as a prosecutor and morphed that prosecutorial background into a conservative, pro-prosecutor political career. At the…

Defense Discovery of Evidence in Criminal Cases In Texas

Discovery in criminal cases in Texas has a tortured history. The State's discovery statute, Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, was…

Michael Morton, Art. 39.14, and Brady v. Maryland: An Affirmative Duty To Disclose As Soon As Practicable

Last month, we posted a piece about a landmark decision, Heath v. State, in which the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a…

Constitutional Rule of Law Disobeyed by Extremist Attorney General

Missouri is a right-leaning state where the constitutional rule of law is too often usurped by the conservative political views of its public officeholders.…

Time for Change of Leadership at the Harris County DA’s Office

Kim Ogg, once hailed as the “reform darling” in Texas Democratic political circles after she ousted Republican control of the Harris County District Attorney’s…

The Pitfalls of Federal Plea Agreements

The Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2019 formed The Plea Bargain Task Force (Task Force) “to address persistent criticisms…

Right Wing Co-opts “Rogue Prosecutor”

The term “rogue prosecutor” was coined to refer to unethical, even criminal prosecutors who lie, cheat, and engage in every stripe of professional misconduct…

Muslims Continue to be Target of Post 911 Hate, Bigotry

The new Netflix docuseries, American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, released in anticipation of the first decade anniversary of the April 15, 2013, Boston…

Lions Of the State Bar Lead Paxton Impeachment Trial

Since assuming political office in 2002, Ken Paton has had a peculiar penchant for violating political norms, disregarding professional ethics, engaging in a pattern…

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