The Persecution of Alfred Brown: Texas AG, Police Conspired to Punish Innocent Man

I did a Texas Public Information Act request that revealed that the Houston Police Officers’ Union in a June letter urged the Texas comptroller’s office and attorney general’s to deny wrongful-incarceration compensation to a man who was wrongfully convicted of murdering a police officer.

The records also showed that high-level executive staff in both offices met in person to discuss Alfred Dewayne Brown’s compensation application. Just four days later, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pushed four reasons to deny the money in a letter to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar. A staff member in Hegar’s office cited one of those reasons in a letter that denied the compensation; Brown is appealing to the Texas Supreme Court.

The records also showed that Paxton’s office launched an investigation into one of Brown’s longtime pro bono attorneys. Although two prosecutors have found the allegation unfounded, Paxton began investigating the attorney for an allegation that he offered $2,000 to a death row inmate if he would change his testimony that said Brown was at the scene of the murder.

In addition, a criminal investigator in Paxton’s office indicated in an email a desire to assist the opposing side in a civil lawsuit that Brown has filed over his wrongful conviction.

Read the series:

The Persecution of Alfred Brown: Texas AG, Police Conspired to Punish Innocent Man
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A DA Cleared Him. But a Pro Bono Attorney May Still Be Under Bribery Investigation by State AG
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Former Chief Justice Joins Fight for Ex-Death Row Texas Man
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