Death Blow?

There've been other Supreme kickbacks in the capital-case arena. Like the 1980 trial held in Bowie County, Texas, where prosecutors encouraged two witnesses to lie during Delma Banks' murder case. Then, during oral arguments, in 2003, before the Supreme Court, the state's attorney had the chutzpah to assert that even if the prosecution witnesses lied during the trial, it was the defense attorney's responsibility to discover that. Huh?

You can see where I'm going with this. It's a long, sordid history of such outrageous behavior. If the state of Texas has a solid enough case to bring before twelve men and women, her attorneys shouldn't have to solicit lies to warrant a conviction. The strength of the "facts" will speak for themselves.

Having been a prosecutor for six years, I can say, without a doubt that prosecutors wield a powerful weapon in their discretion to pursue charges, and the ultimate penalty. As such, these officers of the court are held to an extraordinary standard. It's about justice and integrity. A guilty person will be found guilty by a fair jury, and there'll be no need to obliterate the Constitution to get there.

Woodrow Wilson once said, "justice has nothing to do with expediency. It has nothing to do with any temporary standard whatever. It is rooted and grounded in the fundamental instincts of humanity."

Possibly, that message has finally hit home with Texans.

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