Defending People

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The Anthony Graves Retrial Pregame Show

Mark Bennett | February 12, 2010

In Anthony Graves’s first trial, prosecutor Charles Sebesta had to cheat to win, hiding exculpatory evidence and eliciting perjured testimony (Graves v. Dretke, Fifth Circuit opinion, PDF on Scribd).
Now, not only has the evidence that Sebesta suppressed in violation of Brady v. Maryland been revealed so that the next prosecutor trying the case can’t continue [...]

Wayne Green’s First Rule of Evidence and of Appellate Practice

Mark Bennett | April 25, 2008

You can generally count on the government to rule in favor of the government.