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Alabama Death Sentence Should Be Tossed Over Misconduct and Other Issues

by Julia | Sep 10, 2019 | Alabama, The Open File Blog

Radley Balko is an invaluable national resource as a long form journalist who does a spectacular job covering criminal justice issues in general and the problem of prosecutorial powerand misconduct specifically. Late last week, Radley wrote a very...

Will NC State Courts Finally Recognize And Correct Their Batson Smoking Gun?

by OpenFile | Jun 13, 2019 | North Carolina, The Open File Blog

Much about the U.S. Supreme Court is deeply opaque. It’s very hard – maybe impossible – to know which petitions the Justices will grant, what issues they care about, or how they will adjudicate any given case. One thing we do know is that several Republican-appointed...

DE: State High Court Reprimands and Disqualifies Prosecutors for Stealing Attorney-Client Information from Defendant’s Cell

by Bert | May 14, 2019 | The Open File Blog

Wildly inappropriate behavior from the office of the prosecutor in Delaware’s largest city generated fascinating discussion among the justices in a recent Delaware Supreme Court opinion. The decision concerns the court’s review of a lower court’s dismissal of Jacquez...

New Investigative Reporting Uncovers Uncomfortable Truths About Prosecutors’ Search for Child Pornography

by Julia | Apr 8, 2019 | The Open File Blog

Few crimes are as emotional and tragic as those related to the sexual exploitation of children, so it follows that the allegation of participating in child pornography is among the most serious crimes to be charged with. It’s no exaggeration that such an accusation...

Prosecutors Continue to Duck Brady By Sitting on Exculpatory Evidence Until the Last Minute

by Jane | Mar 20, 2019 | National, The Open File Blog

Prosecutors’ withholding of exculpatory information until the eve of trial in two recent cases in two different states serves as an important reminder that the tactic is commonplace. In both cases, the stakes couldn’t be higher, with defendants going to trial on...
Lorena and Paul: Why the #MeToo Movement Can’t Rely On Prosecutorial Protection

Lorena and Paul: Why the #MeToo Movement Can’t Rely On Prosecutorial Protection

by OpenFile | Mar 8, 2019 | The Open File Blog, Virginia

In the words of Tammy Wynette, “sometimes it’s hard to be a woman.” Just as she sang, being a feminist who supports survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence and also believes in decarceration and criminal justice reform can be difficult, especially when trying...
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