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Dallas County district attorney wants unethical prosecutors punished...

Posted in by admin on Sun, 2008-05-04 08:05

The Dallas County district attorney who has built a national reputation on freeing the wrongfully convicted says prosecutors who intentionally withhold evidence should themselves face harsh sanctions - possibly even jail time.

MELANIE BURFORD/DMNDallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins (left), with James Curtis Giles (center) after Mr. Giles' exoneration last month, wants to crack d...

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Man gets 18 months for 10th drunken-driving conviction...

Posted in by admin on Sun, 2008-05-04 18:05

EAU CLAIRE — An Eau Claire man who pleaded guilty to his tenth drunken-driving offense has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Assistant district attorney Gary Schuster calls 53-year-old Bradley Armstrong a “walking bomb ready to go off.” He says a motor vehicle in Armstrong's hands is a lethal weapon.

Public defender Susan Falch said Armstrong had no history of other legal prob...

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