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NY: DA’s “Burying” of Impeachment Evidence Leads to Two More Vacated Convictions in Brooklyn

NY: DA’s “Burying” of Impeachment Evidence Leads to Two More Vacated Convictions in Brooklyn

by Alec | Sep 25, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog

To the burgeoning annals of discredited prosecutions conducted by former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’ office, which we’ve been chronicling here at The Open File for some time, we must now add the 1993 kidnapping convictions of Everton Wagstaffe and...
New York: Prosecutors Facing Accountability for Misconduct Through Courts and Legislature

New York: Prosecutors Facing Accountability for Misconduct Through Courts and Legislature

by OpenFile | Jun 23, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog

Below is a summary of the latest news on prosecutor misconduct and accountability out of New York State from recent weeks. This includes (1) more bad news out of the Brooklyn DA’s office, (2) the progress of a pair of bills designed to establish a commission on...
Proposed Prosecutor Conduct Commission Has Much to Offer

Proposed Prosecutor Conduct Commission Has Much to Offer

by Sophie | May 15, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog

A pair of identical bills currently winding their way through the New York House and Senate would establish a state commission on prosecutor conduct to review complaints about prosecutors and enforce discipline. The bill to create the commission, which would be the...
NY: Three More Men to Be Exonerated Through Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit

NY: Three More Men to Be Exonerated Through Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit

by OpenFile | May 6, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog

In an article titled, “3 Are Exonerated of Murder in Cases Tied to a Discredited Detective,” Frances Robles and Stephanie Clifford of The New York Times report on the latest convictions to be overturned by new Brooklyn district attorney Ken Thompson due to...
Collins: Hynes Concedes Misconduct was Committed and He Believed Collins was Innocent

Collins: Hynes Concedes Misconduct was Committed and He Believed Collins was Innocent

by Sophie | Apr 14, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog

Now that he is out of office, Joe Hynes has spoken his mind about his former office’s violations of ethical rules in the high-profile Jabbar Collins case, and the fact that he believed Collins was innocent. In a December deposition, Hynes admitted that he...
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