DALLAS — Dallas County prosecutors allowed homicide cases to go to trial in recent weeks even after learning that evidence related to the crimes was permanently deleted, according to records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Defense lawyers for six people said Tuesday that they had not been made aware that evidence in their cases was deleted before being reached by The News. One defense lawyer said prosecutors alerted him to deleted photos after his client’s trial ended in a capital murder conviction with a life sentence earlier this month.
On March 8, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said defense attorneys were being notified about cases with deleted evidence as his office was being informed about them by Dallas police.
