skip to main | skip to sidebar

the charles smith blog

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Former prosecutor John Jackson: Cameron Todd Willingham; Texas; Radley Balko has his eye on the former's prosecutor's trial for alleged misconduct, calls the proceedings "a rare move" and notes that most disciplinary actions against prosecutors go nowhere..."We’ve noted here at The Watch on several occasions just how rare it is for a state bar to sanction a prosecutor. It’s no different in Texas. (Reporter Jordan) Smith reports that of the 2,000 or so attorneys against whom the Texas bar has sought sanctions since 2011, just 10 of the efforts resulted in disciplinary action against a prosecutor." The Watch;


COMMENTARY: "A Texas prosecutor is on trial for alleged misconduct," by Radley Balko, published by The Washington Post on May 3, 2017; (Radley Balko blogs  on 'The Watch' about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties for The Washington Post. He is the author of the book "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces.)

GIST:  "John Jackson is the Texas prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham of murdering his family by setting his own house on fire. Jackson then persuaded a jury to send Willingham to his death. We now know that Willingham was likely innocent, convicted on forensic evidence now known to be junk science and snitch testimony now known to be false. We also now know that Jackson is accused of hiding exculpatory evidence from Willingham’s attorneys. In a highly unusual move, the Texas bar is trying to bring sanctions against Jackson. More unusual still, the procedure is being done in public, in front of a lay jury. The Intercept’s Jordan Smith is at the trial. ........We’ve noted here at The Watch on several occasions just how rare it is for a state bar to sanction a prosecutor. It’s no different in Texas. Smith reports that of the 2,000 or so attorneys against whom the Texas bar has sought sanctions since 2011, just 10 of the efforts resulted in disciplinary action against a prosecutor."



The entire commentary can be found at:

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/05/03/a-texas-prosecutor-is-on-trial-for-alleged-misconduct/?utm_term=.f0c158921be8

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;
Posted by Harold Levy at Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Newer Post Older Post Home

Follow by Email

Blog Nation Badge

Crime Blogs

Followers

The Charles smith blog

Blog Directory - Blogged

Blog Archive

  • ►  2018 (188)
    • ►  April (28)
    • ►  March (44)
    • ►  February (54)
    • ►  January (62)
  • ▼  2017 (621)
    • ►  December (42)
    • ►  November (39)
    • ►  October (79)
    • ►  September (48)
    • ►  August (56)
    • ►  July (39)
    • ►  June (63)
    • ▼  May (47)
      • Adam Braseel: Tennessee; Mistaken eyewitness iden...
      • Motherisk: Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto; M...
      • Former prosecutor John H. Jackson: Texas: Leadin...
      • Staff Sergeant Brad Murray: Halton Region, Ontario...
      • Kathleen Zelner: Clyde Ray Spenser: White Elepha...
      • U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session's war on scienc...
      • Desmond Hicks: Michigan; Cleared of murder after 2...
      • Attorney General Jeff Session's war on science/for...
      • Eric Loomis: Wisconsin; Technology; (Indiana Ris...
      • Tyrone Noling; Ohio: Development: Bulletin: New ...
      • Establishing Innocence: It's a lot more difficult ...
      • David Harold Eastman: Australia; Bulletin: Second ...
      • Bryan Fish: New York; Police, false memory, perjur...
      • Bulletin: René Bailey: New York; Bulletin: Free...
      • Hassan Diab: Canadian: Detained on extradition war...
      • Rodney Reed; Texas; Death Row; Appeal court sends...
      • Susan Neill-Fraser; Tasmania; Bulletin; (News 9):...
      • Tyler Edmonds: Mississippi; False confessions as a...
      • From our 'Chutzpah' department: (Chutzpah as def...
      • Kathleen Folbigg; Australia; She has spent 14 ye...
      • Laurence Webb: Cameron Mansell; Australia: Bulleti...
      • US Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton: Forensi...
      • William Barnhouse: Indiana: Exonerated after serv...
      • Curtis Lovelace: Illinois; White Elephant Case? T...
      • Victor Rosario: Massachusetts; False confession; O...
      • Book Review: 'Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies o...
      • Alleged Lab corruption; U.K. Randox Testing Servic...
      • William Amor: Illinois; False confessions; Outdat...
      • Manchester; UK: Alleged drug lab corruption: Rand...
      • Halton Regional Police Force evidence vault: Ontar...
      • John Jackson; Texas; Major Development; Jury has c...
      • Cecile Fournel: Timmins, Ontario: Flawed arson inv...
      • Technology: Predictive policing: (Pre-Crime, Minor...
      • Hannah Overton: Texas: Bulletin: Major Developmen...
      • Faulty Gunshot Residue Tests: South Carolina: Bul...
      • Sherman Brown: Virginia; Lawyers in innocence bid...
      • Confessions: Walter Agrod; Walter Ogrod: Pennsylv...
      • Reid Technique: Confessions: Seattle Community P...
      • Adam Gray; Illinois; Outdated arson 'science.' Bu...
      • Hassan Diab: Canada: (Detained following extraditi...
      • Sandra Higgins: Ireland; (Shaken Baby Syndrome cas...
      • Former prosecutor John Jackson: Cameron Todd Willi...
      • U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session's war on scienc...
      • Sandra Higgins: Ireland: Shaken baby Syndrome case...
      • John Jackson: Cameron Todd Willingham; From the 'w...
      • Richard Beranek; Wisconsin. FBI flawed hair matchi...
      • U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session's war on scienc...
    • ►  April (76)
    • ►  March (65)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (62)
  • ►  2016 (1013)
    • ►  December (82)
    • ►  November (106)
    • ►  October (105)
    • ►  September (98)
    • ►  August (91)
    • ►  July (83)
    • ►  June (42)
    • ►  May (93)
    • ►  April (91)
    • ►  March (80)
    • ►  February (72)
    • ►  January (70)
  • ►  2015 (939)
    • ►  December (70)
    • ►  November (76)
    • ►  October (92)
    • ►  September (92)
    • ►  August (57)
    • ►  July (90)
    • ►  June (87)
    • ►  May (76)
    • ►  April (114)
    • ►  March (54)
    • ►  February (84)
    • ►  January (47)
  • ►  2014 (597)
    • ►  December (40)
    • ►  October (49)
    • ►  September (47)
    • ►  August (50)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (61)
    • ►  May (70)
    • ►  April (64)
    • ►  March (76)
    • ►  February (73)
    • ►  January (64)
  • ►  2013 (661)
    • ►  December (42)
    • ►  November (61)
    • ►  October (99)
    • ►  September (83)
    • ►  August (15)
    • ►  July (33)
    • ►  June (43)
    • ►  May (61)
    • ►  April (52)
    • ►  March (46)
    • ►  February (55)
    • ►  January (71)
  • ►  2012 (619)
    • ►  December (55)
    • ►  November (23)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (58)
    • ►  August (71)
    • ►  July (73)
    • ►  June (69)
    • ►  May (34)
    • ►  April (68)
    • ►  March (51)
    • ►  February (48)
    • ►  January (50)
  • ►  2011 (830)
    • ►  December (59)
    • ►  November (58)
    • ►  October (65)
    • ►  September (86)
    • ►  August (54)
    • ►  July (78)
    • ►  June (79)
    • ►  May (68)
    • ►  April (84)
    • ►  March (86)
    • ►  February (47)
    • ►  January (66)
  • ►  2010 (764)
    • ►  December (62)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  October (105)
    • ►  September (63)
    • ►  August (83)
    • ►  July (83)
    • ►  June (71)
    • ►  May (65)
    • ►  April (57)
    • ►  March (87)
    • ►  February (49)
    • ►  January (31)
  • ►  2009 (465)
    • ►  December (55)
    • ►  November (28)
    • ►  September (53)
    • ►  August (49)
    • ►  July (32)
    • ►  June (34)
    • ►  May (56)
    • ►  April (34)
    • ►  March (42)
    • ►  February (43)
    • ►  January (39)
  • ►  2008 (371)
    • ►  December (47)
    • ►  November (21)
    • ►  October (49)
    • ►  September (36)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  June (15)
    • ►  May (41)
    • ►  April (53)
    • ►  March (36)
    • ►  February (34)
    • ►  January (38)
  • ►  2007 (103)
    • ►  December (20)
    • ►  November (48)
    • ►  October (31)
    • ►  September (4)

About Me

My photo
Harold Levy
My interest in forensic pathology began with my Toronto Star investigative reporting into once famed since disgraced former doctor Charles Smith. I began this Blog after retiring from the Star in 2006 in order to follow the aftermath into the independent Goudge inquiry into many of Smith's cases. I have now begun to focus on cases involving flawed forensic science no matter where they occur (the recent Amanda Knox prosecution in Italy, for example) and am fascinated by the interest in the Blog from people in countries throughout the world. In another development, my interest in "junk science" "pseudo-experts" and the miscarriages of justice they all too often cause has drawn me deeply into the on-going U.S. death penalty debate where so many troubling cases involve issues relating to DNA and other developments in the world of forensic science. For all of this I rely on my experience as a reporter at the Toronto Star, my work as a lawyer in Ontario's criminal courts, and my abhorrence of injustice. Please send cases and developments which may be of interest to this Blog to hlevy15@gmail.com. Read on! Harold Levy.
View my complete profile
 

Search This Blog

http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog.php

  • Grits for Breakfast
    'Firepower to the People!,' and More: Justice Issues Reading List
    1 day ago
  • Wrongful Convictions Blog
    Quick Clicks
    1 day ago
  • The Marshall Project
    A Lawyer Who Helped an Exoneree Blow Through $750,000 Is Under Investigation
    1 day ago
  • Innocence Project of Florida
    District Attorneys Seeking Justice for the Innocent!
    1 day ago
  • Deeplinks
    We’re in the Uncanny Valley of Targeted Advertising
    1 day ago
  • CSI DDS | Forensic Science Testimony. CSI bad science issues and their contribution to wrongful convictions.
    Bitemark “Scientists” History of Wrongful Convictions
    2 days ago
  • The Watch
    Lunch links: Louisiana attorney general approves of arresting people who threaten to file police complaints
    3 days ago
  • The Jury Room
    Looking [in the Netherlands and in Wisconsin] for core characteristics of the psychopath 
    3 days ago
  • Wrongful Conviction News
    Decision On Jeff Havard Case Expected In Coming Months
    3 days ago
  • Wrongly Convicted Group Website
    Criminal (In)justice
    4 days ago
  • Gamso - For the Defense
    Ya Think?
    5 days ago
  • Forensic Science in North Carolina
    National Forensic College 2018 announced
    6 days ago
  • Background Checks.org
    Top School Districts in Texas, 2018
    6 days ago
  • On SBS
    Dr. John Plunkett, Champion of Justice, 1947–2018
    6 days ago
  • Pursue Democracy
    Dishonestly attacking migration policies in Hungary as in US
    1 week ago
  • Forensics Forum
    AAAS Responds to Justice Department Fingerprint Guidelines
    1 week ago
  • Judges for Justice
    Dana Ireland Archive
    3 weeks ago
  • Crime & Justice Research Alliance
    Columbus police veteran involved in sixth shooting in Southeast Side standoff
    3 weeks ago
  • The Open File
    AZ: 41 Cats & The Brady Rule: Arizona Court Finds Due Process Disclosure Requirements Apply to Some Civil Forfeiture Proceedings
    4 weeks ago
  • Forensic Pathology Forum
    Jury Duty: Inside the Box.
    1 month ago
  • In the news by Karen Franklin PhD
    Testing 555
    1 month ago
  • Little Rascals Day Care Case
    Child sex-abuse workshops work their mischief, no matter where
    2 months ago
  • Amanda Knox
    The Scarlet Letter Reports Announcement
    4 months ago
  • seekingjusticebp
    Board Member Meeting Pt. 2
    5 months ago
  • Comments for Fault Lines
    Comment on Thank You, and Farewell by Brian Cowles
    5 months ago
  • Center for Prosecutor Integrity
    Watch Full Movie Online Baby Driver (2017)
    7 months ago
  • Stop Wrongful Convictions
    Jason Young Case: Silence can be used against you
    7 months ago
  • Free Belynda Goff
    What About All of the Blood?
    7 months ago
  • Criminal Justice Degree
    From The Cop Side: Command Presence and Confidence
    7 months ago
  • Comments for Mimesis Law
    Comment on More Drunk Driving Laws, Because We Can Always Do More by Dilip Paliath
    9 months ago
  • View-from-Wilmington
    Otto Warmbier: In the wrong place at the wrong time
    9 months ago
  • Free Neil and Ferdi
    Thank-you to the Korean Community
    1 year ago
  • Criminal Justice Degree Hub
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Education and Responsibilities
    1 year ago
  • Expert Witness Network Blog
    How Does a Cult Expert Qualify to Testify?
    1 year ago
  • Megrahi: You are my Jury
    Sunday Times letter highlights errors in Kenny MacAskill’s book
    1 year ago
  • MIP
    Midwest Innocence Project Files Appeal For Rodney Lincoln
    1 year ago
  • Life After Innocence | Freedom is Just the Beginning
    The Necessity of Post-Exoneration Expungement
    2 years ago
  • FunkCSI
    False Confessions Approved for 1 CLE credit by the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Board
    2 years ago
  • Justiceforaarushitalwar.com
    CBI USES ‘TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR’ TO SAVE FACE !!
    2 years ago
  • Truth in Forensic Science | The whole truth
    Forensics: White House Science and Technology opinion on Bitemark Identification
    2 years ago
  • Justice 4 Abe
    Hello world!
    2 years ago
  • The Truth About Forensic Science
    A Comment on the Draft Documents from the National Commission on Forensic Science
    2 years ago
  • Legal & Justice News
    Advance or Change your Career with a Criminal Justice Certificate
    3 years ago
  • The Skeptical Juror
    The Extent of Framing the Innocent in Texas
    3 years ago
  • Criminal Profiling
    Advanced Criminal Profiling Workshop
    4 years ago
  • Innocence Matters: The Innocent should not be in prison
    John Klene's Innocence Matters
    4 years ago
  • Todd Willingham was Executed, but His Story Gets a New Life | The Arson Research Project
    March 25 2013
    5 years ago
  • INUK
    INUK: Setting the record straight
    5 years ago
  • Home
  • AIDWYC: The Association In Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
  • Networked Knowledge - Homepage
  • Welcome to the Justice 4 Simon website
  • The Crime Report – Criminal Justice News, Statistics & Resources
  • The Crime Report – Criminal Justice News, Statistics & Resources
  • MCL
  • NZPIP - The Home of the New Zealand Public Interest Project. Working in the interests of justice and the public good.
  • Home
  • McElroy Law
  • Pediatric Accountability in Central Illinois- PACIPACI
  • The Exoneration Initiative
  • About the Registry
  • The Wrongful Conviction of Jason Payne / Home
  • Susan Neill-Fraser is Innocent | Facebook
  • Home
  • Friends of Amanda index
  • Bad Chemistry | WBUR
  • Bloody Lies author John Ferak
  • Free Jason Curtis
  • Waco Criminal Law Blog
  • Free Rodney Lincoln - Free an innocent man from a wrongful conviction in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario - Home Page
  • Simple Justice
  • A Just Cause
  • Petition | Free Pam Jacobazzi | Change.org
  • Home
  • Convicting the Innocent
  • Investigative Reporting on Human Rights & Social Justice Issues | Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Brandeis University
  • The Marshall Project
  • Jeffrey Havard
  • Comments on: MAIN
  • Wrongful Conviction Day | An opportunity for people around the world to address the consequences of wrongful convictions and bring about positive change.
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • The case of Hank Skinner
  • The Innocence Project
  • Free Hugney | Facebook
  • The Innocence Project - Home
  • Chicago Innocence Center - Home
  • innocent.org.uk
  • Medill Innocence Project
  • The Reporters Inc - A Nonprofit Multimedia Production House
  • The Exoneration Project | University of Chicago Law School
  • UCO: Forensic Science Institute

http://www.personal.psu.edu/dhk3/blogs/DoubleHelixLaw/

  • The Marshall Project
    A Lawyer Who Helped an Exoneree Blow Through $750,000 Is Under Investigation
    1 day ago
  • Innocence Project
    National Poetry Month: A Poem of Promise, A Poem of Despair
    1 day ago
  • The Justice Gap
    ‘Absolute scandal’: only five people have been awarded compensation for being wrongly convicted since 2013
    2 days ago
  • TalkLeft
    Does It All Come Down to Prague?
    2 days ago
  • Wrongly Convicted Group Website
    Criminal (In)justice
    4 days ago
  • Blog di Psicologia, ricerca, curiosità | PsicoSocial.it
    Cos’è un’Emozione?
    6 days ago
  • On SBS
    Dr. John Plunkett, Champion of Justice, 1947–2018
    6 days ago
  • Pursue Democracy
    Dishonestly attacking migration policies in Hungary as in US
    1 week ago
  • Forensic Pathology Forum
    Jury Duty: Inside the Box.
    1 month ago
  • The ABFO house of cards continues to fall – Danny Lee Hill Case under review | ForensicDentistryOnline
    The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
    1 month ago
  • Center for Prosecutor Integrity
    Watch Full Movie Online Baby Driver (2017)
    7 months ago
  • Free Neil and Ferdi
    Thank-you to the Korean Community
    1 year ago
  • Forensic Scientist
    Forensic pathology in New Zealand
    2 years ago
  • Justiceforaarushitalwar.com
    CBI USES ‘TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR’ TO SAVE FACE !!
    2 years ago
  • More About Ms. Murder | ASK MS. MURDER
    Anatomy of a False Confession: Eugene Vent and the Fairbanks Four
    2 years ago
  • Seeking Justice - Addressing Prosecutorial Misconduct in the United States Legal System
    What do Judge Alex Kozinski, Senator Orrin Hatch, and “fabled trial lawyer Brendan Sullivan” have in common?
    2 years ago
  • Justice 4 Abe
    Hello world!
    2 years ago
  • Home
  • Torn Family
  • Convicting the Innocent
  • Investigative Reporting on Human Rights & Social Justice Issues | Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Brandeis University
  • BEtter Consulting – Legal Services
  • Justice for PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton - NOT Guilty | Facebook
  • False Memory Syndrome Foundation
  • Richard Glossip is Innocent
  • Caught.net - Exposing Systemic Abuses Of Power
  • Free Charles Erickson
  • Free Clayton Allison
  • Comments on: MAIN
  • Chad Evans Wrongly Convicted
  • Judges for Justice - Home Page
  • Monfils Conspiracy
  • We Demand Justice: Free Rodney Reed | Facebook
  • MCSV | MailChimp