Racist Suspect: Charles Sebesta
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Offending Conduct: Prosecutor Charles Sebesta willfully and deliberately engages in speech and conduct that helps to establish, maintain, expand, and/or refine the practice of White Supremacy (Racism) in the areas of law. The Texas DA zealously prosecuted a Black man Anthony Graves to convict of a murder charge. He withheld powerful exonerating evidence in the Graves case, he also obtained false statements from witnesses, and he allegedly used threats to scare Graves' alibi witness from testifying. He also bullied Charles Carter, a key witness, into testifying against Graves by threatening to prosecute Carter's wife. (Carter, who was prosecuted and convicted for the killings, had repeatedly insisted that Graves had nothing to do with the crimes.) Graves was exonerated in 2010 after 18 years behind bars. [MORE]
