Institute for Justice: Full Fifth Circuit Will Re-Hear Texas Woman's Prosecutorial Accountability Case
February 15, 2024
February 15, 2024
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 15 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release:
For nearly two decades, Midland County, Texas, employed Ralph Petty as both a prosecutor and the righthand advisor to the judges hearing his own criminal cases. Erma Wilson is one of hundreds of people whose prosecutions were impacted by that clear conflict of interest--resulting in a false drug conviction that upended her lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse. But when she sued, see . . .
For nearly two decades, Midland County, Texas, employed Ralph Petty as both a prosecutor and the righthand advisor to the judges hearing his own criminal cases. Erma Wilson is one of hundreds of people whose prosecutions were impacted by that clear conflict of interest--resulting in a false drug conviction that upended her lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse. But when she sued, see . . .