Would "Attempted Murder" be a more Appropriate Charge?

It would seem that American justice is almost as corrupt as American politics. The good news in this case is that the victim was eventually set free. However the corrupt prosecution could have led to his death. Disbarment seems far too light a punishment for the Texas prosecutor.

Texas Prosecutor Disbarred for Sending Innocent Man to Death Row

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(Newser) – A Texas man spent nearly two decades in prison—more than half of that time on death row—before being exonerated in 2010. But Anthony Graves didn't simply celebrate his freedom: He went after the prosecutor who put him behind bars, resulting in Charles Sebesta's disbarment by the state licensing board, Reuters reports. In response to Graves' original January 2014 complaint, the Texas State Bar yanked Sebesta's law license last June, declaring that he had taken part in "prosecutorial misconduct," as the Dallas Morning News puts it. On Monday, a panel appointed by the Texas Supreme Court upheld that ruling. The state Board of Disciplinary Appeals found that Sebesta presented false testimony and hid evidence that could have helped free Graves, who was wrongly convicted of setting a 1992 fire that killed six people.

EDIT: Thanks to Sinc for including that link on today's SAP

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