by Bert | Apr 19, 2018 | Louisiana
Our long-running fascination with Brady violations in Louisiana—well-documented in many, many of our posts over the years—is not only based on our website’s genesis (the U.S. Supreme Court’s remarkably discouraging opinion about prosecutorial accountability in Connick...
by Alec | Dec 10, 2015 | Louisiana
In an opinion that reads like a parody of the absurd results courts can reach in applying the doctrine of “materiality” in Brady claims, a judge in Louisiana held late last month that witness statements placing a murder weapon in the hands of a man other...
by Alec | Nov 24, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
In a remarkable conclusion to the hotly contested race for District Attorney of Caddo Parish, retired judge James Stewart (D) last week defeated prosecutor Dhu Thompson (R) to become the first African-American DA in the history of the parish. Coming only a few weeks...
by OpenFile | Oct 25, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
The first round of election results for Caddo Parish District Attorney are in, with two contenders making it through to the runoff. One of these, Dhu Thompson (R), represents the old guard of the DA’s office, while the other, James Stewart (D), is a former judge...
by Sophie | Aug 17, 2015 | The Open File Blog
First it was for acquiring automatic M-16 rifles by falsifying documents to the federal government. Then it was pursuing the death penalty against mostly poor, black men (one despite evidence that the cause of death was not homicide) citing reasons that society has...
