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June 11th: Judge Charles Sebesta Disbarred (Anthony Charles Graves)(2011)

Sometimes, the person under fire in a case isn’t just the one who committed the crime. On June 11th 2011 a prosecutor was disbarred years after a devastating murder case. One where he acted in ways unbefitting of a lawyer in order to bring a man to justice. The wrong man as it turned out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Charles_Graves, https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3253, https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/innocence-found/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-sebasta-prosecutor-of-wrongfully-convicted-man-anthony-graves-loses-law-license/, https://innocenceproject.org/texas-prosecutor-disbarred-following-misconduct-in-anthony-graves-case/, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/texas-prosecutor-charles-sebesta-disbarred-anthony-graves-innocent-death-row, https://people.com/crime/texas-prosecutor-charles-sebestas-appeal-of-disbarment-denied/

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