by Bert | Jul 29, 2019 | Oregon
Two weeks ago, a news report in Oregon announced that a judge found senior prosecutors in Multnomah County had violated their obligation to turn over exculpatory evidence in a high-profile murder case. Rather than encourage law enforcement to do the right thing and...
by Bert | Jun 20, 2019 | New York
A Suffolk County prosecutor in Long Island, NY recently lost his job, evidently because he poorly represented the State in a recent high-profile criminal prosecution and withheld exculpatory evidence. Late last month, leaders in the DA’s office came to court in the...
by Bert | May 30, 2019 | Texas
Over four years have passed since we last covered the wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by a former assistant district attorney, Eric Hillman, against the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hillman alleged that then-District Attorney,...
by Bert | Mar 26, 2019 | Utah
Utah death row inmate Douglas Carter has a new evidentiary hearing to look forward to in light of the Utah Supreme Court’s recent opinion in his case. The opinion—which stems from Carter’s appeal of a post-conviction court’s summary denial—is a model of fairness. In...
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...
