Exonerated After 18 Years, Graves Discusses Life After Prison
Posted By San Antonio Criminal Defense Attorney on Nov 20, 2010 10:20am PST
Anthony Graves spent 18 years - 12 of them on death row - for a crime he didn't commit. He was convicted of the murder of a Sommerville family in 1992. Now, prosecutioners blame the former district Attorney, claiming that he caused the conviction without having sufficient proof. They allege that he intimidated witnesses and manufactured some of the evidence that "proved" Graves culpable. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death row.
Graves had been awaiting a retrial for 4 years. Finally, with the help of those who kept pushing to reinvestigate his case, he was exonerated. The actual killer, Robert Carter, was executed in 2000, after recanting his statement that Graves was his partner in the crime.
Graves, who has shown remarkable strength throughout his whole ordeal, is planning on helping others who are unjustly caught in the system.
Contact San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer Tylden Shaeffer.