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MO: Craig Wood’s Death Sentence Flawed in Part Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct

MO: Craig Wood’s Death Sentence Flawed in Part Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct

by Bert | Aug 9, 2019 | Missouri

“The facts presented by the underlying crime are appalling and horrifying.” That is a line not from the Missouri Supreme Court’s majority opinion affirming the death sentence of Craig Wood, but instead from the dissent. And it is undeniably true. The evidence that Mr....
MO: Cop Brutalizes Citizen—Prosecutors Who Joked About the Abuse and Helped Cover It Up May Face Professional Discipline

MO: Cop Brutalizes Citizen—Prosecutors Who Joked About the Abuse and Helped Cover It Up May Face Professional Discipline

by Bert | Sep 13, 2017 | Missouri

Thomas A. Carroll, a former detective in St. Louis, is currently serving a 52-month prison sentence for a crime he committed in the summer of 2014. Carroll pled guilty to violating the civil rights of Michael Waller by brutally assaulting him while he was handcuffed...
MO: St. Louis County DA’s Office Removed from Murder Trial for Misconduct

MO: St. Louis County DA’s Office Removed from Murder Trial for Misconduct

by Alec | Apr 7, 2016 | Missouri, The Open File Blog

In a case of first impression in the state of Missouri, an appeals court has removed St. Louis County District Attorney Robert McCulloch’s office from prosecuting a murder case after a judge found prosecutors had violated the defendant’s attorney-client privilege, and...
MO: Bar Complaint and Request for Judicial Review Filed in Ferguson Case

MO: Bar Complaint and Request for Judicial Review Filed in Ferguson Case

by Alec | Jan 7, 2015 | Missouri, The Open File Blog

In the ongoing wake of a St. Louis county grand jury’s decision not to hand down an indictment against Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, Monday saw two new developments in response to the behavior of the prosecutors in the case. St....
Update: Ryan Ferguson Sues Boone County and Others for Misconduct and Defamation

Update: Ryan Ferguson Sues Boone County and Others for Misconduct and Defamation

by OpenFile | Mar 24, 2014 | Missouri, The Open File Blog

Earlier this month, Ryan Ferguson – the Columbia man who spent nearly 10 years of a 40 year sentence in jail for a robbery and murder that he didn’t commit – announced that he was filing a $100 million lawsuit against the police and prosecutors who...
Woodworth: Missouri AG’s Office Ordered Off the Case in the Interests of “Justice, Fairness and the Requirements of Due Process of Law”

Woodworth: Missouri AG’s Office Ordered Off the Case in the Interests of “Justice, Fairness and the Requirements of Due Process of Law”

by OpenFile | Feb 4, 2014 | Missouri, The Open File Blog

Platte County Circuit Judge Owens Lee Hull has ordered the Missouri State Attorney General’s office off Mark Woodworth’s case in a forceful order handed down last week. Judge Hull wrote Wednesday, “Given the history of this case, at this point in...
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