Comments on: The Best Prosecutor of 2007

By: Best Of | Free The Animal

Best Of | Free The Animal — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:47:46 +0000

[...] sure and give Radley Balko's accounts of the best prosecutor and best cop a serious look. God knows I couldn't get within a city block of either of those [...]

By: The Agitator » Blog Archive » Prosecutor Misconduct in Dallas

The Agitator » Blog Archive » Prosecutor Misconduct in Dallas — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:58:39 +0000

[...] would be the same Dallas County where the current District Attorney, the refreshing Craig Watkins, has said prosecutors used to wear wrongful convictions “like a badge of [...]

By: JAMES

JAMES — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:02:10 +0000

You are doing a great job, its to bad they don’t have someone in Denton county that could go back to the 40′s & 50′s and see what happened to poor young boys.
Our prayers are with you

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:23:25 +0000

The release of the guy you talked about in your update was in the Express today. I came around to see if you mentioned him, et voila!

Good job, DA Watkins. We need many more like you.

By: Chris Grieb

Chris Grieb — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:15:49 +0000

Gee! Amazing A DA who remembers his oath is do justice not convict people. Wonders will never cease.

By: Persona non grata

Persona non grata — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:02:57 +0000

Way to go DA Watkins.

Can we clone him?

By: doggedpursuit

doggedpursuit — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:10:39 +0000

Thanks for posting this.

Displaying this type of moral courage in the Criminal Justice system is far too rare, and Watkins deserves full recognition and support for his efforts. He is going to need it.

Misconduct by police and prosecutors has become commonplace, and they are almost never held accountable for their actions. Too many careers have been built on voter support resulting from high conviction rates where many of those convicted are innocent of the charges. It seems to have become more about projecting an image than achieving justice.

It is also important to remember that nearly every time an innocent person is wrongfully convicted, the guilty party goes free. So there is a compound benefit to correcting this problem.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:43:40 +0000

Wait, good news about a prosecutor? Who are you, and what have you done with our humble Agitator?

Seriously, though, you should make this a weekly feature to combat the inevitable depression many of us get from reading your work on a regular basis. Not sure how common it is to find someone in government fighting for the principles we all hold dear. Maybe you’ll have to make it a monthly feature.