by Alec | May 7, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
It is rare that an election for a local district attorney has such clear, national implications as the one that will unfold this summer and fall in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Encompassing Shreveport and its surrounding towns and villages, Caddo has a population of a...
by OpenFile | Mar 24, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
A reporter for the Shreveport Times, Maya Lau, has just posted quotes from an interview with Caddo Parish assistant district attorney Dale Cox on Twitter about exoneree Glenn Ford and the death penalty. Cox, who has won four death sentences in four years, says...
by OpenFile | Aug 12, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
Glenn Ford was sentenced to death in 1984 by a Caddo Parish jury for the murder of local Shreveport jeweler and watchmaker, Isadore Rozeman. The jury convicted Ford entirely on the basis of circumstantial evidence – no witness testimony or forensic evidence tied...