The Stand Up Desk
November 21, 2022
The Exoneration of Anthony Graves Still Resonates
Pamela Colloff reflects on her 2010 story about the shoddy police work and prosecutorial misconduct that put an innocent man on death row.
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Behind the Lines
July 23, 2015
Time and Punishment
Pamela Colloff writes about the first prosecutor to be disbarred under a new law in Texas.
The Daily Post
June 12, 2015
Ex-DA Who Sent Exoneree Anthony Graves to Death Row Is Disbarred
A small measure of justice was served when the State Bar of Texas stripped Charles Sebesta of his law license and formally disbarred him.
Politics & Policy
July 6, 2014
Anthony Graves’ Prosecutor Finally Has to Answer For His Actions
The State Bar of Texas has found “just cause” to pursue disciplinary action against Charles Sebesta, the district attorney who sent Graves to death row.
Criminal Justice
January 20, 2014
Exoneree Anthony Graves Asks the State Bar to Discipline the Man Who Prosecuted Him
Graves will formally ask the State Bar of Texas to take action against Charles Sebesta, the former district attorney who sent him to death row.
Criminal Justice
December 18, 2013
Why Was This Prosecutor Never Punished?
Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted of capital murder in a trial where the prosecutor, Charles Sebesta, withheld evidence that could have helped prove Graves’s innocence. So why hasn’t Sebesta been held accountable for his egregious misconduct?
The Stand Up Desk
December 16, 2013
Tenacious P Strikes Again
A remarkable and richly deserved award for Pam Colloff
Criminal Justice
October 16, 2013
Anthony Graves Establishes Scholarship
Graves used funds he received from the state for his wrongful conviction to set up a law school scholarship in the name of Nicole Cásarez, the Houston attorney and journalism professor who fought for eight years to secure his freedom.
January 21, 2013
The Problem With Eyewitness Testimony
How badly do we mess up when doing something as fundamentally human as using our eyes, words, and memories? In the case of some eyewitness IDs, very badly.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Graves Case Becomes Election Issue
Anthony Graves, who spent eighteen years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, speaks out as the Washington County sheriff’s race heats up.
January 21, 2013
Anthony Graves Update
48 Hours Mystery updated its "Grave Injustice" episode, which first aired last year, to include information about his exoneration and the compensation he received from the state.
January 21, 2013
Texas 2011: By the Numbers
From (HB) 1 to ($)15.2 billion, we revisit a few of the state's biggest stories in 2011 by examining the numbers.
Editor's Letter
January 21, 2013
The Scales of Injustice
About a year ago, it was reported that Randall Dale Adams had died, bringing to a close one of the more tragic stories in recent Texas history. A construction worker from Ohio, Adams (pictured here, in 1989) was convicted and sentenced to die in 1977 for the murder of Dallas
Feature
January 21, 2013
Trials and Errors
Over the past two decades Texas has exonerated more than eighty wrongfully convicted prisoners. How does this happen? Can anything be done to stop it? We assembled a group of experts (a police chief, a state senator, a judge, a prosecutor, a district attorney, and an exoneree) to find out.
True Crime
January 20, 2013
Innocence Found
Anthony Graves had been behind bars for eighteen years when the prosecutors in his case abruptly dropped all charges and set him free. How did it happen? What happens next?
Behind the Lines
January 20, 2013
Life After Death
It’s time to halt executions in Texas.
January 20, 2013
Searching for Truth
Pamela Colloff talks about reporting on an eighteen-year-old murder case and interviewing Anthony Graves, who was sent to death row for the crime.
Editor's Letter
January 20, 2013
Tenacious P
If it’s something you’d just as soon not think about, chances are Pamela Colloff has written about it for TEXAS MONTHLY. Here is a partial list of the subjects she’s covered since coming to work at the magazine thirteen years ago: murder, arson, abortion, heroin addiction, hate crimes, illegal immigration,
Web Exclusive
October 29, 2010
Free at Last
For eighteen years Anthony Graves insisted that he had nothing to do with the gruesome murder of a family in Somerville. That’s exactly how long it took for justice to finally be served.
True Crime
September 27, 2010
Innocence Lost
Anthony Graves has spent the past eighteen years behind bars—twelve of them on death row—for a grisly 1992 murder. There was no plausible motive nor any physical evidence to connect him to the crime, and the only witness against him repeatedly recanted his testimony. Yet he remains locked up. Did