by Bert | May 30, 2018 | The Open File Blog
We’ve had a few-week hiatus from new posts and wanted to return with a summary of some of the key news from the month of May. We hope that this will help you catch up on items of particular interest. Also, you can follow us on Twitter @openfilesite In Massachusetts,...
by Bert | Dec 18, 2017 | Nevada
The Constitution prohibits lawyers from excluding prospective jurors on the basis of race. This basic tenet of equal protection, enshrined in the famous case Batson v Kentucky (1986), may be unfamiliar to an entire prosecutors’ office in Clark County, Nevada. Looking...
by Alec | Nov 11, 2015 | Nevada, The Open File Blog
According to a new report from the Las Vegas Review Journal, the “culture of secrecy” and failure to turn over exculpatory evidence within the Clark County District Attorney’s office remains firmly in place a year after it was revealed that the...
by Alec | Oct 31, 2014 | Nevada, The Open File Blog
Another conviction in Clark County, this one for attempted murder, is being reviewed in light of allegations that prosecutors failed to turn over information regarding payments the state made to the only person who identified the defendant, Franklin Jackson, as the...
by OpenFile | Mar 3, 2014 | Nevada, The Open File Blog
A district court judge in Clark County has ruled that a murder defendant should receive a new trial because prosecutors misled the jury during trial by contending that the defendant’s actions showed consciousness of guilt. Prosecutors pointed to Mariann...
