Glenn Savona police mugshot parody

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Attorney agrees, it's "Criminal"

We've said before that "Absolute Immunity corrupts absolutely," and it's proving to be true. If a prosecutor knows he can't be sued, what's to keep him honest?

Here's a recent story about a prosecutor who willfully cheated to win a death penalty case. In this case, the woman's death sentence was overturned.

From the story, it seems that prosecutors willfully withholding exculpatory evidence seems to happen a lot. (We know more now that there's an Internet.)
Last month, Texas Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott's office announced that it would act as special prosecutor in investigating similar allegations that prosecutors in an Austin suburb withheld evidence in the 1987 trial of Michael Morton. Morton, 57, was released Oct. 4 after serving 25 years of a life sentence in connection with his wife's 1986 slaying, a crime that DNA evidence has since linked to a male suspect wanted in connection with another killing.
Here's our favorite quote from the story as it pertains to Mr. Glenn Savona:
It was not clear whether Shannon planned to ask the Texas attorney general to investigate misconduct by prosecutor Michael Parrish, who has since retired.

"It ought to be addressed so it doesn't happen again," Richardson's Fort Worth-based attorney, Robert Ford, told The Times. "This guy in my opinion is a criminal and we need a special prosecutor to look into it."
We concur.

In addition to being liable via a civil rights lawsuit, we think there should be jail time. After all, that's what criminal prosecutors want for others.