[ed. with the "new" witnesses stating no knowledge of events or suspects and receiving threats of prison terms if current suspects are not implicated; that means just about everyone (including witnesses) on the "wrong" side of this case has been "beat up" by "law enforcement" officials in one form or another.]
- Texas code on:
- Prosecutor neglect
- Prosecutor responsibility
Earle's career demonstrates continued use of improper procedures, abuse of power, and political aspirations at the cost of the innocent
10-31-92 Confession is coerced - halts murder trial
12-06-92 Mexican attorney general spokesman states Austin police "do have that original confession" from Villa Saavedra. But he said it has little legal value without additional evidence.
06-06-96 - Dispite having no evidence and conflicting inmate statements, suspect spends 15 months in jail without being indicted.
10-24-96 Phelps calls Earle a national embarrassment
03-02-97 Another Earle conviction overturned because of lack of evidence
08-28-97 Earle's use of the Grand Jury to collect evidence is improper [ed. He is doing this in the yogurt shop case]
01-16-99 Police who coerced an inaccurate confession, a prosecutor with political ambitions, a racially biased justice system.
04-16-99 Another Earle conviction overturned because of improper procedures
04-21-99 Travesty in Travis county
People of the Heart: - An Austin group advocating for the release of Lacresha Murray, a juvenile falsely accused of murder and sentenced for 25 years. Using illegal interrogation tactics and a shoddy investigation by the county medical examiner, Travis County District Atttorneys twice convicted Lacresha Murray of killing an infant she was babysitting. Lacresha was recently released again after a court ruled her interrogation by APD denied her the constitutional right to counsel.