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Title: Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers Receive Blame in Report on Dallas Fake Drug Scandal
Source: TBO
URL Source: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB77GF8K8E.html
Published: May 10, 2005
Author: AP
Post Date: 2005-05-10 11:18:26 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
Keywords: Prosecutors,, Defense, Lawyers
Views: 7

Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers Receive Blame in Report on Dallas Fake Drug Scandal

The Associated Press
Published: May 10, 2005

DALLAS (AP) - Prosecutors and police had a "them against us" attitude that contributed to dozens of innocent people being sent to jail after fake drugs consisting of crushed billiards chalk were planted on them, a report found.

In an investigation of the scandal that has plagued the Dallas Police Department since 2001, deputy special prosecutor Jack Zimmerman found that prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges and crime-lab technicians committed no crimes but exhibited lapses in judgment.

"The classic 'them against us' syndrome developed, wherein some prosecutors viewed themselves as aligned with law enforcement officers at war with defendants and defense counsel," Zimmerman said in a report made public Monday.

Three informants who worked with former Dallas police officer Mark De La Paz admitted to a complicated scheme to fabricate fake drugs out of crushed billiards chalk or other legal substances and set up people for arrest.

Dozens of innocent people, mostly Mexican immigrants, were arrested and jailed. More than 80 cases have been dismissed as a result of the scandal.

Zimmerman's report found that drug-court prosecutors worked too closely with police and failed to adequately review questionable work by detectives. Meanwhile, defense lawyers received blame for inadequately representing their clients.

District Attorney Bill Hill, who appointed Zimmerman to investigate, said the report "substantiates many of the findings of our internal investigation," but said blame rests on De La Paz, the only police officer charged.

De La Paz was sentenced last month to five years in prison for lying to a judge to get a search warrant. He was acquitted at a federal trial on civil rights charges and remains free while his conviction is appealed.

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