Ogg blasts DA’s culture of corruption
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A Houston doctor once accused of molesting a little 7-year old boy is a free man tonight and the Judge in the case has now accused Devon Anderson’s District Attorney’s office of a pattern of misconduct that tried to “pervert” justice.
The rare and stunning court order by State District Judge Stacey Bond of the 176th District Court detailed horrific allegations against Prosecutors Tiffany Johnson and Angela Weltin, including charges one prosecutor tried to make the race of the victim an issue in the case despite no evidence of racial motive.
“This is just the latest in a string of shocking chapters of prosecutorial misconduct in Devon Anderson’s Office,” says Kim Ogg, the leading candidate to oust Anderson in November. “This isn’t about politics, this is a culture. We have a DA’s office that is out of control playing with people’s lives to win cases. The injustice must stop.”
The court order declares Johnson’s closing arguments “provoked gasps and audible comments of disapproval from some members of the audience” and as a result of the prosecutorial misconduct, the Judge declared a mistrial but recommended imposing double jeopardy, meaning Dr. Robert Yetman could not tried again if the State’s highest court agrees with Judge Bond’s findings.
“The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is here to seek justice, not pervert it. I call on Ms. Anderson to immediately take action against these prosecutors. They know better,” says Ogg.
The case of Dr. Robert Yetman had made huge headlines this summer, when the thirty-year University of Texas physician was charged with indecency with a child. An internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing.
Finding the prosecutors intentionally caused a mistrial in order to avoid a possible not-guilty verdict, Judge Bond declared that jeopardy should attach to Dr. Yetman’s case which would not permit the DA’s office to retry him for the same alleged offense.
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