by Alec | Feb 10, 2016 | Connecticut
In a decision that has gone unnoticed in the press, a Connecticut court last month reversed a kidnapping conviction finding that the prosecutor in the case, who is now the State’s Attorney for the Hartford Judicial District, hid the existence of a sentencing...
by OpenFile | Jul 28, 2014 | Connecticut, The Open File Blog
A newly released opinion from the Connecticut Supreme Court provides yet another example of what the Connecticut Law Tribune characterizes as the failures of higher courts in Connecticut to adequately rebuke prosecutorial misconduct. In an editorial last year, the...
by OpenFile | Dec 20, 2013 | Connecticut, The Open File Blog
A federal judge has given the state 60 days to decide whether it will retry a New Haven man for murder or set him free following revelations that prosecutors sat on exculpatory and impeachment evidence in the case. The case is the second this year in which a court has...
by OpenFile | Dec 6, 2013 | Connecticut, The Open File Blog
Andy Thibault wrote a compelling opinion editorial a few weeks back for Register Citizen about the pervasiveness of prosecutorial misconduct in Connecticut and the reluctance of state bodies or judges to do anything about it. Read previous posts on prosecutorial...
by OpenFile | Nov 13, 2013 | Connecticut, The Open File Blog
In July we highlighted a thoughtful editorial by the Connecticut Law Tribune which characterized the Connecticut Appellate Court’s reversal in State of Connecticut v. Santiago as a wake-up call about the need for greater accountability in ensuring closing...
