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Originally Posted by phamtc
Can a manipulative DA be blamed for it all? Wouldn't the jury have a large part to play, meaning a shared apathy by all, even the judge and defense attorney.
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In this case, yes. The jury only heard what the DA wanted them to hear. They failed to give exculpatory evidence that the victim was seen with 3 other men the night she was murdered (and not the accused) to the defense. The DA is required BY LAW to disclose that. Mr. Ward also had an alibi, in that he had another girlfriend and spent the night with her at her aunt's house - while the aunt was home.
When you have the DA and the police lieing in a case just to get a conviction, things can go very badly. It's interesting that Dallas County has reviewed over 40 rape convictions in the past few years and exonerated 19 of them based on DNA evidence. Fortunately for these guys, the county kept DNA evidence. Unfortunately for a lot of other inmates, Dallas County is about the only one in Texas that did.