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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
