Political forces are aligned against Alfred Dewayne Brown, a man who was declared "actually innocent" after his conviction for murdering a Houston police officer. The Houston Police Officers' Union urged the comptroller and the attorney general to deny Brown's application for state compensation, and after staff of both offices met secretly in June, that's just what happened.
October 29, 2019 at 05:00 AM
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Powerful forces conspired against former inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown, as he was fought for compensation for wrongful incarceration and nearly a decade on death row.
A paper trail that Texas Lawyer uncovered through a Public Information Act request showed that the Houston police union, which had vehemently opposed efforts to have Brown declared actually innocent during court proceedings, had also gone much further.
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Alfred Dewayne Brown (left) and Anthony Graves were both wrongfully convicted of murder and eventually declared innocent. (Courtesy photo)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
