HOUSTON (AP) _ A man who spent almost 20 years in prison, including 12 on death row, for killings he did not commit has been appointed to the board of Houston’s crime lab.
The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1dhz09A ) reports Anthony Graves was named Wednesday to the board of the Houston Forensic Science Center. The lab does firearms testing and fingerprint analysis for Houston police and other agencies.
Graves was convicted for the 1992 killings of six people. In 2006, a federal appeals court reversed his conviction and he was released from prison four years later. Ex-prosecutor Charles Sebesta was stripped of his law license after a State Bar of Texas panel determined he committed professional misconduct when
prosecuting Graves.
Graves says he’s excited about the opportunity and considers himself an advocate for justice.
WTAW News note that the 1992 murders took place in Somerville.