GRAVES REACTS TO SEBESTA RULING
Anthony Graves says it’s “unfortunate” that Charles Sebesta “had to lose his livelihood because he violated his oath.”
Graves, speaking to KTRK-TV in Houston, was speaking of the Texas Bar’s Board of Disciplinary Appeals decision to uphold an earlier decision to disbar Sebesta for his handling of Graves’ case.
Graves spent 18 years in prison—12 on death row, for the slayings of six members of a Somerville family. Graves was later cleared by an investigation by former Harris County prosecutor Kelly Siegler and current Washington Co. Sheriff Otto Hanak.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Graves’ conviction in 2010.
The Texas Bar revoked Sebesta’s license to practice law after finding he engaged in prosecutorial misconduct.
Graves filed a complaint against Sebesta in 2014. He told KTRK, “this man attempted to murder me. The state has spoken. They have stripped him of his license.”
Graves added, “The bar stepped in to say that’s not the way our criminal justice system should work. This is a good day for justice.”
A wrong doing is a wrong doing, period. Sebesta abused his power, he is not the first and won’t be the last to do so. It happens here it happens everywhere rest assured Graves is not the first injustice served in this town, intentionally or not, is has happened in this town more than once. The fact that taxpayers have to pay for these injustices is ludicrous and the people that commit these acts should be held financially responsible instead.
Enough already, I watched the KTRK interview of Mr. Graves standing in the plush offices of the foundation named after him wearing an expensive looking jacket talking about “justice”. How many more of our tax =payer dollars are we going to spend so that Mr. Graves can gain his retribution on Mr. Sebesta. The disbarment has taken place, Mr. Sebesta had fought this for years likely using a lot of his personal resources, and our community has had deal with the divisions this case has caused. While I feel badly for Mr. Graves and wish he had not gone through this, he needs to move on with his life and allow our community and Mr. Sebesta to do the same.
What a ludicrous comment. Sebesta should be criminally charged for abusing his power to send an innocent man to death row! How dare the commenter suggest everyone simply whistle past the graveyard just because he feels it is convenient to ignore the multiple travesties of justice in this case. Sebesta’s acts were an attack on us all, both in his perversions of true justice and in letting the actual perpetrator escape. And if the community is having problems dealing with a situation caused by someone it choose to make these decisions, it certainly should own up to that fact–right after submitting that crook, that Sebesta, to real, honest justice.
Really this man almost lost his life. Who cares about Sebesta license he didn’t care about a human life. My cousin died for this Timothy Cole. What about justice. Stop hiding behind your mask if you are concerned about taxes put your name.????
In response to GregB and Ms. Wills, I have to be honest and say that I am not entirely convinced that the narrative being pushed by Mr. Graves is entirely correct or the truth. I think it is likely that Mr Sebesta made mistakes in this case, but I am not convinced that it rises to the level of criminal conduct. Mr. Sebesta has strongly and publically argued that he did nothing wrong. As both stories are so far apart, I have to think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I still question the need to continue to use taxpayer payer dollars for this issue. .
I fully expect you to disagree with this, but it simply my own opinion. Also, I would be curious to know if there is a statute of limitations that would apply to any potential charges against Mr. Sebesta and if those have elapsed.