The Open File
  • Home
  • Misconduct
    • Overview
    • Failure to Disclose
  • Accountability
    • Overview
    • How to File A Bar Complaint
    • Sample Complaints
  • Research
  • About Us
Select Page
TX: Two Tarrant County Prosecutions Fall Apart Due to False Claims and Brady Violations

TX: Two Tarrant County Prosecutions Fall Apart Due to False Claims and Brady Violations

by Bert | May 11, 2018 | Texas

It has been a lively week in Tarrant County. Two high-profile criminal cases are back in the news, and both demonstrate the influence that false claims and Brady can play when the State is intent on winning convictions. A trial court on Tuesday recommended to the...
TX: CCA Agrees Avalanche of Brady-Giglio Violations Overwhelmed Two Convictions

TX: CCA Agrees Avalanche of Brady-Giglio Violations Overwhelmed Two Convictions

by Bert | Jan 16, 2018 | Texas

After years of fighting for a new trial, Dennis Lee Allen and Stanley Mozee were finally vindicated by Texas’s highest criminal court last week. For the final years of that journey, they had an unlikely companion helping them seek relief: the Dallas County District...
LA: In New Orleans, DA Cannizzaro Breaks the Bank and the Public’s Trust

LA: In New Orleans, DA Cannizzaro Breaks the Bank and the Public’s Trust

by Bert | Feb 23, 2017 | Louisiana

Earlier this month, the Times-Picayune published a remarkable guest column by Emily Maw, the director of the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO). Responding to Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s angry public complaints about city officials slashing...

The Quattrone Center’s In-Depth Look at the Rise of Conviction Integrity Units

by Bert | May 6, 2016 | Research

Last week, the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School published a report titled “Conviction Review Units: A National Perspective.” The report focuses on the emerging trend in which district attorney offices...
OR: Multnomah County DA’s Office Follows “Conviction Integrity” Trend

OR: Multnomah County DA’s Office Follows “Conviction Integrity” Trend

by OpenFile | Oct 27, 2014 | Oregon, The Open File Blog

Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill has announced a plan to have one of his longest serving prosecutors take on a new role in the office: to review defendants’ claims of innocence and prevent future wrongful convictions. Numerous conviction...
« Older Entries

Search the Open File

Archives

Search articles by state

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress

The Open File © 2021 All rights reserved.   Website design by geekgirls.com.