Man sues Patrol detective Dan Nash and former Dallas County sheriff

[MechAg94]

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/08/17/brad-jennings-attorney-sues-patrol-detective-dallas-county-sheriff/1023056002/

It alleges that Nash and Rackley "fabricated evidence, suppressed evidence of Brad's innocence, lied to prosecutors and the courts to conceal their unconstitutional acts in order to have Brad Jennings wrongfully convicted of serious charges, despite their knowledge that he was innocent."

I read through this yesterday during Turkey recovery.  Man was released from prison after several years.  According to them, his wife committed suicide.  It was initially rules a suicide then officers began investigating this Bradley Jennings as a murderer.  One of the officers testified as a blood spatter expert that the wife couldn't have shot herself and convinced the jury to convict.  There is a good bit more to it than that. 

I am curious where the lawsuit will go.  It would be interesting if he was able to successful sue an expert witness for false testimony.  There is more to it than that so it may not fall on that issue. 

[Hawkmoon]

Nice.

Jennings' conviction was set aside in February in large part because Nash did not reveal to prosecutors or defense attorneys key evidence that indicated it was unlikely Jennings fired a weapon the night his wife, Lisa, died of a gunshot to the head.

It was not until 2015 — seven years after Jennings' conviction — that defense attorneys discovered Nash had ordered a gunshot-residue test on the bathrobe Jennings wore that night and that the results were negative.

I hate it when cops (and often prosecutors, although not so in this case) are more interested in closing a case and getting a conviction than they are in justice.

[TommyGunn]

Nice.

I hate it when cops (and often prosecutors, although not so in this case) are more interested in closing a case and getting a conviction than they are in justice.

I'm  sure he would agree.

[230RN]

https://youtu.be/M6MeWrZrmTQ (0:48, Volume warning)

https://www.innocenceproject.org/all-cases/#exonerated-by-dna

[HankB]

I don't know for sure what happened in this particular case, but as a general rule, mistakes happen . . . and police and prosecutors ought not be punished for an honest mistake.

BUT! When a wrongful conviction comes about because of misconduct or malfeasance on the part of police or the prosecutor (such as with holding exculpatory evidence) then IMHO those responsible ought to go to prison for at least as long as the wrongfully convicted person did.

[tokugawa]

BUT! When a wrongful conviction comes about because of misconduct or malfeasance on the part of police or the prosecutor (such as with holding exculpatory evidence) then IMHO those responsible ought to go to prison for at least as long as the wrongfully convicted person did.
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 No.  Execute them.  They swore to uphold the public trust.  In a very real sense, their offense is treason by way of betrayal.