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>> YOU TAX DOLLARS PAY A LOT OF
THINGS IN HARRIS COUNTY AND FOR
MANY OF YOU ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS IS A LOT IN
ORDER.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE HARRIS COUNTY DAS OFFICE YOU WILL FIND
COUNTY DAS OFFICE YOU WILL FIND
A NUMBER OF NEWS RELEASES AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SOME HIGH
PROFILE CASES COMPLEX AND
EXPENSIVE CASES THAT DID NOT PAN
OUT. >> SUMMER QUIETLY DROPPED BY DA
>> SUMMER QUIETLY DROPPED BY DA
AND HER TEAM BUT IN OTHER CASES
THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONVINCE
JURORS. KATE WE INVESTIGATE AND EXAMINE
KATE WE INVESTIGATE AND EXAMINE
A FEW OF THE CASES AND THEIR
IMPACT END WE FIND IT DRIVES THE DAS CASE SELECTION.
DAS CASE SELECTION. HERE IS MARIO DIAZ.
HERE IS MARIO DIAZ.
>> >> MIKE WAS INNOCENT MAN AND
THEY KNEW HE WAS INNOCENT MAN
WITH THEY DIDN’T GIVE A DAMN. >> IT’S A RELIEF AND THEN IT’S
>> IT’S A RELIEF AND THEN IT’S
OVER.
>> REACTION FROM THOSE DEEPLY
IMPACTED BY QUESTIONABLE HIGH
PROFILE CASES BROUGHT BY HARRIS
COUNTY’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
OFFICE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
OF KIM AULD IN A RECENT YEARS
ALL OF THEM COMPLEX COMPLEX AS WELL AS PAID BY YOU THOSE IN THE
WELL AS PAID BY YOU THOSE IN THE
THICK OF IT SIMILAR TO YOU.
HARD-WORKING PROFESSIONALS MOST
WITH NO HISTORY OF TROUBLE UNTIL
THE DAS OFFICE CAME KNOCKING AND A CASE WAS MADE.
A CASE WAS MADE.
>> THIS IS REAL IT DIDN’T HAPPEN
TO SOMEBODY ELSE IT’S NOT LIKE
SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO
ME.
>> THIS DOCTOR IS ACCUSED OF STEALING VACCINES LAST DECEMBER
STEALING VACCINES LAST DECEMBER
FROM A COUNTY RUN VACCINATION
SITE.
THIS CASE IT PRODUCED HEADLINES
NATIONWIDE BUT AFTER CHARGES
WERE DROPPED BY A JUDGE AND THE
STATE MEDICAL BOARD CLEARED HIM
THE DAS OFFICE CONTINUED TO
PURSUE A CRIMINAL CASE.
>> IT WAS.
>> FROM FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES IN THIS EXPLOSION TO THE
IN THIS EXPLOSION TO THE
OPERATION OF A LEGAL POKER ROOMS
TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY HARRIS
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY CAMERON REW AND HER TEAM HAVE NOT PROVEN
REW AND HER TEAM HAVE NOT PROVEN
GUILT IN THESE CASES SOME EVEN
DISMISSED.
>> FELIPE INDICTED FOR MURDER IN
THE DEATH OF DENNIS TUTTLE. >> IN JANUARY BEFORE CAMERAS SHE
>> IN JANUARY BEFORE CAMERAS SHE
ANNOUNCED THE MURDER INDICTMENT
OF HPD OFFICER FELIPE IN THIS
CASE.
>> IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN AWARDED
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL MY SIDE OF THE STORY.
OF THE STORY.
>> HE DIDN’T HAVE TO SHE DROPPED
THE MURDER CHARGE BLAMING THE
BOTCHED CASE ON THE CONDUCT AND JUDGMENT OF FIRED PROSECUTOR
JUDGMENT OF FIRED PROSECUTOR
KOBE LESLIE.
LESLIE TELL US US THAT THE TEAM
WERE TOO INCOMPETENT AND
INEXPERIENCED AND ARROGANT TO PREPARE THIS CASE.
PREPARE THIS CASE.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT ON DAY
ONE AND GET BETTER.
>> BRIAN WEISS HAS KNOWN THE DA
FOR YEARS AND IS ALSO OUR LEGAL ANALYST.
>> THESE ARE MISTAKES MADE BY
PEOPLE IN THE FOURTH LARGEST
CITY IN THE NATION.
>> MISTAKES THAT YOU CLASSIFY
AS? >> ROOKIE MISTAKES.
>> ROOKIE MISTAKES.
>> THIS DEFENSE CASE IS MORE
BLUNT WITH THE ASSESSMENT.
>> THESE ARE THE GREATEST MESS
UPS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
>> THAT BAD?
>> THAT BAD. >> BUT WHY?
>> BUT WHY?
ANDREWS WHO SECURED A NOT GUILTY
AGAINST THE AND THE HIGHLY
PUBLICIZED CASE INVOLVING DEPUTY CAMERON BURKE SAYS MUCH OF IT IS
CAMERON BURKE SAYS MUCH OF IT IS
DRIVEN BY ONE THING.
>> ITS POLITICS FIRST EVERY DAY
ALL DAY.
IT IS DANGEROUS AND IT IS WRONG TO PUT PEOPLE THROUGH THE HELL
TO PUT PEOPLE THROUGH THE HELL
OF A CRIMINAL INDICTMENT FOR
POLITICAL GAIN.
>> OUR DAS FOCUS IS NOT ON THE CASES THAT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
CASES THAT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
THE DAS FOCUS IS ON THE CASES
THAT AFFECT HER POLITICALLY AND
THAT IS NOT HER JOB DESCRIPTION.
>> THE SOLUTION FOR WEISS IS THAT YOU CANNOT PLAY POLITICS OF
THAT YOU CANNOT PLAY POLITICS OF
PEOPLE LIVES.
>> WE WANTED AS THE DAS ABOUT
THESE CASES AND A FEW OTHERS
THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
ASKING US ABOUT BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NUMBER
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NUMBER
OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OR
OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND
PRODUCING AS A RESULT OF HER
TEAM’S INVESTIGATION INTO THE
HARDING STREET CASE HOWEVER DUMB
IT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERAS NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE
DECLINED TO NOT SIT DOWN IN
FRONT OF OUR CAMERA FOR THE
INTERVIEW.
>> WHERE IT IS THE MURDER CASE
AGAINST THE OFFICER STAND?
ARE THEY DONE THERE?
>> THEY PLAN TO STILL PRESENT
THE CASE TO A GRAND JURY