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