Austin American Statesman By Chuck Lindell 3/27/2018
Corpus Christi prosecutor says he was fired for refusing an illegal order to hide evidence from a defendant.
Innocence Project says former prosecutor should be allowed to sue the government for improper firing.
The Innocence Project, which has helped gain freedom for Michael Morton and about 200 others who were wrongly convicted, broke new ground Tuesday when it came to the defense of a Texas prosecutor who says he was fired for disobeying an illegal order to hide evidence from a defendant.
Known more for fighting prosecutors, Innocence Project lawyers decided to support Eric Hillman because they believe he unfairly lost his job as an assistant district attorney in Corpus Christi for doing the right thing.
Compounding that unfairness, the lawyers told the Texas Supreme Court in a brief filed Tuesday, Hillman’s lawsuit challenging his termination was thrown out because he was a government employee — denying him the same day in court that is available to private-sector workers fired for refusing to break the law.
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