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Death Sentence Reversed Due to “Accidental” Perjury by Texas Prison Investigator

by Matt Clarke

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a death sentence imposed on a state prisoner convicted of capital murder, because a prison investigator had falsely described the prisoner classification system in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).

In 2007, a Texas jury convicted Adrian Estrada, 27, ...

 

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